Post Ac5ApK6y1FKjltxTu4 by flockofnazguls@mastodon.flockofnazguls.com
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(DIR) Post #Ac4CHod43Q2rKDA5Zo by th@social.v.st
2023-11-22T13:54:57Z
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Happy 36th anniversary of the Max Headroom Signal Hijacking, for those who celebrate.
(DIR) Post #Ac4KFsAUiwBrM7Nnpg by jeremiah@noagendasocial.com
2023-11-22T15:28:25Z
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@vandys @th this is a fact I've recently verified. 🧐
(DIR) Post #Ac5ApK6y1FKjltxTu4 by flockofnazguls@mastodon.flockofnazguls.com
2023-11-22T14:28:27Z
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@th This never fails to fascinate me.
(DIR) Post #Ac5ApLBc1Sdx6b8hma by AE4WX@mas.to
2023-11-22T15:36:56Z
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@flockofnazguls @th I remember this from back in the day. I was a 16-year-old Chicago kid. Still surprised the hijacker was never caught.
(DIR) Post #Ac5ApM86VzQo20VPxA by roadriverrail@signs.codes
2023-11-22T17:39:41Z
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@AE4WX @flockofnazguls @th I guess everyone involved knew how to keep their yaps shut.
(DIR) Post #Ac5ApN7QpyUJ6DCOXo by AE4WX@mas.to
2023-11-22T17:58:40Z
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@roadriverrail @flockofnazguls @th Still. The principle of how to do this (in 1987) is not difficult, but the list of people who had both the technical know-how and access to both the equipment and the locations needed from which to transmit had to be short.
(DIR) Post #Ac5ApNzfaJsBoQZi5I by vfrmedia@social.tchncs.de
2023-11-22T18:04:57Z
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@AE4WX @roadriverrail @flockofnazguls @th A chap who did similar on the Dutch/German border - taking over a cable headend feed after German TV (that was relayed to Dutch cable networks) had closed down waited 30 whole years before he finally owned up to it as he had two countries worth of Communications Ministry officers hunting him - thankfully there is a statute of limitations...(turn on auto subtitles/translation if you don't understand German)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro6WczvYUOY
(DIR) Post #Ac5ApOhcwt2E0l8obI by AE4WX@mas.to
2023-11-22T18:34:34Z
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@vfrmedia @roadriverrail @flockofnazguls @th That's the other thing. The statute of limitations ran out 30 years ago. Surely the culprit would have popped up and said "okay, fine, I did it." I find it strange they didn't
(DIR) Post #Ac5ApPUC2JsoRNrbIe by vfrmedia@social.tchncs.de
2023-11-22T19:53:46Z
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@AE4WX @roadriverrail @flockofnazguls @th maybe they subsequently got a career in broadcast/RF engineering, maybe with some prominent clients and even if they couldn't get nicked for that incident, feared being fired/losing out on work as they were seen as a potential sabotage risk?
(DIR) Post #Ac5ApQN8k1prBnZTwe by roadriverrail@signs.codes
2023-11-22T20:57:42Z
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@vfrmedia @AE4WX @flockofnazguls @th In hacking, as in witchcraft, the steps are: "To know, to will, to dare, to shut the fuck up about it."