[cma-l] Post Trump election and hackers have commandeered some USA terrestrial radio stations

[Ian Hickling]

Well - if you're that irresponsible:


a radio station operator admitted that her transmitter had been left connected to the Internet without any remote-access password enabled’


- what can you expect?


Ian Hickling

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From: cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk <cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk> on behalf of Richard Hilton <Richard.Hilton at bitc.org.uk>
Sent: 03 February 2017 17:42:58
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Subject: [cma-l] Post Trump election and hackers have commandeered some USA terrestrial radio stations

In the USA ‘A certain model of Low Power FM radio transmitter with known vulnerabilities has been targeted in a new wave of radio-station hacks this week. Armed with an exploit that was known all the way back in April 2016, hackers have commandeered terrestrial radio stations—and in apparent unity, the hackers all decided to broadcast the YG and Nipsey Hussle song.’

Before you click on the link be aware that there is some ‘robust’  language in the article!

Radio stations that ignored major vulnerability start playing anti-Trump song<https://arstechnica.com/security/2017/02/unsecured-radio-transmitters-get-hacked-play-anti-trump-song/?utm_campaign=Newsletters&utm_source=sendgrid&utm_medium=email>

What is also interesting is that ‘In one case, reported by Heat Street<http://heatst.com/politics/hackers-target-local-radio-stations-on-inaugration-day-play-fck-donald-trump-on-repeat/>, a radio station operator admitted that her transmitter had been left connected to the Internet without any remote-access password enabled’.  A salutary lesson perhaps?


Richard

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