Matt Blaze35 years ago tomorrow. Never forget. @wbm312
For the youngsters here, the Max Headroom TV hijacking was, I believe, the greatest hack of my lifetime. I hope it’s never solved. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Headroom_signal_hijacking
Shecky - Third Wheel@mattblaze I fI remember correctly the closest they came was determining the area it came from. Considering the WGN and WTTW studios were in the same general direction from the Sears tower and near enough to each other, the North to near Northwest side was where the signal came from.
As far as who, not even the Chicago underground BBS world had anyone bragging about it. Any admission at this point would be unverifiable.
As far as who, not even the Chicago underground BBS world had anyone bragging about it. Any admission at this point would be unverifiable.
@siliconshecky maybe the roof of a nearby building just far enough away to get los to the dishes.
Alan@mattblaze @siliconshecky I bet they sent the signal from the Coyote building at North, Milwaukee and Damen
@gammacounter @mattblaze could be. Both studios with the time frame between the two hacks were easily drivable and their dishes were easy to see from the ground though so I have to wonder if they were mobile.
@siliconshecky @mattblaze really is fascinating. I'm surprised more of these incidents haven't occurred. 35 years, wow!
Jeff@siliconshecky @mattblaze Depends on if they documented the hack with photos or video. Dumber things have happened.