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From: slashnews@pestonia.com
To: slashnews@pestonia.com
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2017 17:00:14 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Radio Station Hijacked Eight Times In the Past Month To Play 'I'm a
Wanker' Song
Link:
https://slashdot.org/story/17/07/12/2135249/radio-station-hijacked-eight-times-in-the-past-month-to-play-im-a-wanker-song
Posted by: BeauHD, on 2017-07-12 23:30:00
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bleeping Computer: An unknown
hacker has [1]hijacked the radio frequency of a UK radio station to
play an obscene song eight times during the past month, according to
the radio station's manager who recently revealed the hacks in an
interview with BBC Radio 4. The hacks have been reported to Ofcom, the
UK's communications regulator, who together with the radio station's
staff have tried to track down the culprit at last three times, without
success. Ofcom and radio station officials believe the hacker is using
a mobile radio transmitter to broadcast a stronger signal on the radio
station's normal frequency, overriding its normal program. In eight
different occasions, the hacker has taken over broadcasts and has been
heard talking, screaming, or singing, and then playing "[2]The Winker's
Song" (NSFW) by British comedian Ivor Biggun, a track about
self-pleasure released in the 70s. Station manager Tony Delahunty
[3]told BBC Radio he received phone calls from distressed listeners
complaining that their kids started humming the song. Fellow radio
stations also called Delahunty to inquire about the hack, fearing
similar hijacks.
References
1.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/uk-radio-station-hijacked-eight-times-in-the-past-month-to-play-obscene-song/
2.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4iItGNCHsw
3.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08x4rhn
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