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joshstrange on Oct 10, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: How France's TV5 was almost destroyed by hackers

I came across this a number of years ago and the wiki article is a very interesting read [0]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Headroom_broadcast_signal_...

smoyer on Oct 11, 2016 [–]

And of course there was Captain Midnight!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Midnight_broadcast_s...

joshstrange on Oct 11, 2016 | [–]

Also a very interesting story but Max Headroom will also stand alone IMHO due to the person never getting caught and the seemingly randomness of the whole thing.

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