The FBI arrested a Russian college student Thursday who was accused of stealing and distributing hundreds of secret documents about new anti-piracy technology from DirecTV Inc., the nation's leading satellite television company. The student, identified as Igor Serebryany, 19, of Los Angeles, was accused of sending over the Internet hundreds of sensitive documents describing details about DirecTV's latest "access card" technology - credit-card devices controlling which of the company's 11 million U.S. subscribers can view particular channels. Investigators said the documents were sent to operators of at least three underground Web sites that specialize in hacking these devices to permit subscribers to watch programming they never paid for. Other Web sites also described details from the documents, but it was unclear whether they actually received copies, investigators said. Investigators do not think he sought any money in exchange for the disclosures.
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