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Hackers Take Over Unsecured Radio Transmitters, Play Anti-Trump Song (arstechnica.com)
Ars Technica is reporting that "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." Hackers have taken advantage of an exploit that was known all the way back in April 2016 to take over terrestrial radio stations and broadcast the YG and Nipsey Hussle song "Fuck Donald Trump." From the report: News of the song's unexpected playback on radio stations began emerging shortly after Trump's inauguration on January 20, and the hack has continued to affect LPFM stations -- a type of smaller-radius radio station that began to roll out after the FCC approved the designation in 2000. Over a dozen stations experienced confirmed hacks in recent weeks, with more unconfirmed reports trickling in across the nation. Thus far, the stations' commonality isn't the states of operation or music formats; it's the transmitter. Specifically, hackers have targeted products in the Barix Exstreamer line, which can decode many audio file formats and send them along for LPFM transmission. As Barix told its products' owners in 2016, Exstreamer devices openly connected to the Internet are incredibly vulnerable to having their remote login passwords discovered and systems compromised. The company recommends using full, 24-character passwords and placing any live Internet connections behind firewalls or VPNs. Reports have yet to connect any dots on why the exploit has apparently focused on the YG and Nipsey Hussle song -- though it is fairly popular, having recently finished in the Top 15 of the Village Voice's 2016 Pazz and Jop music critics' poll. Plus, the uncensored lyrics and topical nature are certainly more likely to catch people's attention, especially when played on stations with formats like oldies, classic rock, and Tejano.
Yes, let me tell you. The Village Voice's "Pazz and Jop" chart is where I go first to see what's trending amongst large swaths of Americans.
In fact, I and everyone in here in the office celebrate the entire catalog of "Nipsey Hussle".
Remember when Rush Limbaugh played "Barak The Magic Negro?". The left went *absolutely apeshit*.
But now it's OK because Trump.
Stay classy, dissenters, stay classy...
In Soviet Washington the swamp drains you.
I'm guessing "Nipsey Hussle" took his stage name as a play on the name of the comedian Nipsey Russell.
#DeleteChrome
Trump Derangement Syndrome is in full swing.
It's really hard to have people take you seriously when you're trying to convince them that Trump is reckless, when those opposed to Trump are the ones pulling stunts like this.
Stay classy, dissenters, stay classy...
Unlike slashdot, which has gone down the toilet.
your head is going down the toilet next nerd
its SWIRRRRRRRRRLLLLLLLLLYYYYYYY time
Honestly if you did not have a VPN tunnel in place you deserve this in spades. Only a complete and utter moron would have something as important as the radio station audio feed to be unprotected.
But after working at several radio stations in my life. 100% of radio station owners are pretty much drooling morons.
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
Lol I read LBFM at first glance.
it's PRO-Trump. TILF.
His policies in the Middle East were beyond abysmal, and the Affordable Care Act was nothing more than a thinly-disguised "redistribute the wealth" play. But at least I wasn't worried that when the Muslims, Hispanics and Blacks were done it'd be my turn. Obama was bad, but Trump (nee: Drumpf) is worse. Considerably worse.
That will show him, right?
(N/T)
O. M. G.
That is like so last year.
"stop making your point so badly" - Philip J. Fry
We use metro-ethernet, OC3'S, satellite, and microwave to deliver program feeds to transmitters. I don't know of any professionals who do it over the Internet. I would never do it under any circumstances. I have no sympathy for anyone dumb enough to try it.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I have backups to corrupt.
"Hackers" indeed. Suddenly everything is a hack. (insert roller blading hip cool teens)
This is just more evidence that the progressives are the real fascists here. A form of Reversed Fascism if you will. Violence and criminal behavior is BAD, but if its against trump and people that support him, its OK!
Hackers do what you can to drive CHUMP into the dump! We need him gone !
How utterly pathetic the Left are. Can't they even DEBATE people they disagree with? Of course not, because they know they are wrong. Because most of the Left are parasites, leeching off hard working white people, that's why they're HERE, despite the fact that they continually claim white people are 'mean' to them... (i.e. 'racist'). Look at the Berkley RIOT (or 'protest', as the Jew media would have it) against Milo Yianoppoulos.
Sorry to bother you, but I think you dropped this bit of antisemitism while you were taking out your racism.
Haven't heard of the song before...have to get the CD and then blast it in my car stereo with the windows rolled down. On second thought, I probably get shot by a gun-hugging, trigger happy alt-right Trumpist.
He isnt wrong though. If youd bother to check who really owns the few media conglomerates out there youd know too.
Like how the right debates with gays before discriminating against them?
Or how they debate with pregnant women before denying them abortions?
First of all, it's not the transmitter. It's the Barix network audio decoder. Audio is received by that and it's audio output is wired to the transmitter (exciter) or separate processor.
The people/entities that connect the Barix box directly to the internet probably wonder why their home pc/laptop is constantly bricked.
On top of all this, once that song was heard, whoever is responsible for that LPFM station should have taken it off air remotely.
I tend to wonder if that song was intentional played. Just the kind of thing some LPFM operators think they're entitled to broadcast. I've heard much the same locally. Rules don't apply when you're part of the special, protected class.
It kinda helps if there's only 4 listeners, anyway.
Don't bring facts into this discussion mate. The Bible is against abortions, PERIOD. And trump is a bible supporter to the T, he would never go against the Bible ever. Coincidentally, around their period is usually when woman get pregnant.
After what Obama did, can you blame them? Turns out, having a gay dude running the show, even with a tranny in his arms, just makes shit worse.
Sorry if it is so easy to stereotype people who are lacking in education.
And rap still isn't music.