Houston ESPN radio hacked to broadcast racist messages
ESPN 97.5, a radio station in Houston, United States, was hacked and an unidentified voice was broadcast. The attack was attributed to a Barix hack, and it later emerged that racist messages had been broadcast. The station disclosed the hack and further details.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- ESPN 97.5 Houston
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Unidentified voice and racist messages broadcast
- Cause / method
- Broadcast signal compromised through a Barix hack
- Location
- United States
Timeline
- ESPN 97.5 Houston said a broadcast signal hack had caused an unidentified voice to go out on air, with a Barix hack identified as the cause.
- The station disclosed further details of the hack relating to the broadcast of racist messages.
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