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No, this would've been quite a bit more difficult than "hacked an AV system". Hijacking small town public access channels was fairly easy. Taking over the feed
by throwawaygh 5y ago
No, this would've been quite a bit more difficult than "hacked an AV system".
Hijacking small town public access channels was fairly easy. Taking over the feed for two different stations in Chicago is a whole different level. The basic hack is the same, but "just scale it up" isn't trivial in this case.
- fortran77 5y agoIf you were pretty close to the receiving end on the microwave link, it wouldn't be that hard to overpower the signal from the studio.
- GekkePrutser 5y agoYeah and it doesn't have to work great or long before it burns out. People used chained TV reception amplifiers to broadcast pirate TV :)