Examples
Here are some links concerning hacks occurring to broadcasters around the world.
- October 31, 2017 - (KQED Science) The Crippling Ransomware Attack on a San Francisco NPR Member Station (Ransomware Attack)
- March 1, 2017 - (TheIndyChannel.com) Hacked Radio Station Reports Zombie Attack and Disease Outbreak in Randolph County, Indiana (EAS hack)
- February 6, 2017 - (RadioInk) FCC: Barix Equipment Being Hacked (STL hack)
- February 2, 2017 - (ArsTechnica) Radio Stations That Ignored Major Vulnerability Start Playing Anti-Trump Song (STL hack)
- October 21, 2016 - (TechCrunch) Large DDoS Attacks Cause Outages at Twitter, Spotify, and Other Sites (DDoS)
- October 17, 2016 - (Current) Collapse of Oregon Call Center Leaves Public Media in the Lurch (Ransomware)
- June 12, 2016 - (Softpedia) Anonymous Attacks South African Broadcaster Over News Censorship (DDoS)
- May 27, 2016 - (Radioworld) Avoid Paying a King's Ransom (Ransomware)
- May 6, 2016 -(Talkers) Your Radio Station Is in Danger of Being Hacked
- May 5, 2016 - (MalwareBytes) CBS-affiliated Television Stations Expose Visitors to Angler Exploit Kit (Malvertising exploit)
- April 5, 2016 - (ArsTechnica) Nation-wide radio station hack airs hours of vulgar “furry sex” ramblings (STL hack)
- July 27, 2015 - (Click2Houston) Local radio station says hack causes slur to appear on display (RDS hack)
- April 9, 2015 - (CNN) Cyberattack disables 11 French TV channels, takes over social media sites
- May 13, 2013 - (WTOP) WTOP and Federal News Radio Websites Back After Cyber Attack (Malware exploit)
- February 11, 2013 – (Gawker) Montana TV Station's Emergency Alert System Hacked, Warns of Zombie Apocalypse (EAS hack)