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The highest vulnerability of information leakage is attributed to the display video signal from the TEMPEST domain perspective. Examples of far-range propagation on a power line of this type of disturbance will be illustrated for the first time. Thus, the examples will highlight the possibility of recovering processed information at distances of 1, 10 and 50 m. There are published articles studying electromagnetic disturbances generated by electronic equipment propagating on power cables of such equipment but no studies on their long-distance propagation. Our research aims to raise awareness in the scientific community and the general public of the existence of such vulnerabilities that can compromise confidential or sensitive information that can make the difference between success or failure in the business sector, for example, or can harm personal privacy, which is also important for us all. Countermeasures to reduce or even eliminate these threats will also be presented based on the analysis of the signal-to noise-ratio recorded during our research.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s22010267","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,12,30]],"date-time":"2021-12-30T23:29:07Z","timestamp":1640906947000},"page":"267","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Analysis of Compromising Video Disturbances through Power Line"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"22","author":[{"given":"Bogdan","family":"Trip","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Special Telecommunications Service, 060044 Bucharest, Romania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Vlad","family":"Butnariu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Special Telecommunications Service, 060044 Bucharest, Romania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"M\u0103d\u0103lin","family":"Vizitiu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Special Telecommunications Service, 060044 Bucharest, Romania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Alexandru","family":"Boitan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Special Telecommunications Service, 060044 Bucharest, Romania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7028-3921","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Simona","family":"Halunga","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Telecommunications & Information Technology Faculty, Telecommunications Department, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Electronics, 060042 Bucharest, Romania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,12,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) (2008). 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