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
Paul Maplesden@mattblaze There's a great podcast on this: https://www.wbur.org/endlessthread/2022/01/07/encore-max-headroom
Encore: The Max Headroom Incident — Revisiting The Masked Mystery | Endless Thread
On November 22nd, 1987, two TV stations in Chicago had their broadcast signals hijacked by someone wearing a Max Headroom mask. In the years since, Redditors have played an integral role in getting to the bottom of this case. Who dunnit? Why? How? We dig into the story.