Nuclear Explosion on Czech Morning Television

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via heise Security News.

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The site of the Krkonose Mountains in Bohemia disappearing in a nuclear
explosion yesterday (Sunday) morning, may have had some viewers of Czech
public television channel CT2's breakfast show choking on their cornflakes.
Happily, this turned out to be a stunt by a group of artists known as
Ztohoven. They broke via the internet into a camera / camera server which
provided images from the Krkonose Mountains as part of the morning panorama
program. Skiers will be familiar with similar TV content - alternating
images of camera pans from skiing areas accompanied by snow reports and
temperatures.

According to media reports, Ztohoven fed a 30 second film which showed
images of an atomic explosion and the group's web address. According to
initial investigations by the Czech authorities, the CT2 network itself was
not affected, the compromised camera server was operated by an outside
contractor.

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Now that's a great hack. :-)

More:
http://www.heise-security.co.uk/news/91294/

- - ferg

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