Look back at the Max Headroom incident, one of the greatest unsolved hijack mysteries of all time. In November 1987, TV channels WGGW and WGN were hijacked, and a creepy man in a mask took over the airwaves.
In 1980s Chicago was home to an active underground hacking and phreaking culture. Were they responsible for one of the most iconic TV broadcast interruptions of all time?
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CHAPTERS
0:00:00 - The first hijack
0:00:48 - The second hijack
0:01:52 - The clues in the footage
0:03:26 - How the broadcast signal was interrupted
0:05:39 - What did it all mean?
0:06:47 - The likely suspects
0:07:11 - The hack location
0:07:52 - The legend of Max Headroom
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