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This is a very long article. Is it just a rehash of what happened, or does it contain any new info figured out in the past year?

• mjschultz 13y ago
  To answer your question directly, no I don't think so (perhaps some updated theories, but nothing concrete). But the article does cover more than just the incident, I found the whole thing fairly interesting. Beyond the passing knowledge I have from growing up in Chicago-land around the time and the Wikipedia article on the subject, I thought it contextualized the FCC policies around the time of the incident and how the hack worked (from a high level). It also pointed out other signal intrusions from the same period and the FCC/FBI's methods to track down the perpetrators.
• thearn4 13y ago
  I had read all about the incident before, but had never seen the FBI report. So there is some stuff that you may not have seen.
• MWil 13y ago
  If you haven't read the reddit thread from within the last year then it certainly has a great amount of new information. In fact, I thought the reddit theory was a more compelling story than this article
  • dfc 13y ago
    I couldn't get past the writing style in the reddit post. Maybe it will be less abrasive in the morning with fresh eyes and some rest.