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The Mystery of the Max Headroom Incident
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The Max Headroom Incident, a television broadcast intrusion of a Chicago TV station that occurred in 1987, has remained unsolved for decades. However, a recent discovery suggests that the perpetrator may have used a simple transmitter to overpower the original signal, debunking the previous belief that it required expensive equipment.

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A new theory has emerged about how the notorious 1987 Max Headroom hack was executed, suggesting that a cheap piece of equipment was used to overpower the TV signal, rather than a costly setup as previously believed.
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Max Headroom
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A new theory has emerged about how the notorious 1987 Max Headroom hack was executed, suggesting that a cheap piece of equipment was used to overpower the TV signal, rather than a costly setup as previously believed.

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The Mystery of the Max Headroom Incident
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Selects: The Max Headroom Affair
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