A crazy hacker has hijacked the airwaves of a UK radio station to play a dirty song eight times during the past month. The radio station’s manager confirmed and reported the hacks in a conversation with BBC Radio 4.
The station’s managing director Tony Delahunty said that Radio listeners in Mansfield were shocked by a sudden rendition of the 1970s rude comedy track The Winker’s Song on Sunday afternoon, when an unknown hacker has hijacked the radio frequency of a UK radio station.
“We have had calls from people who have found it hilarious, while some have raised their concerns, including our competitors, and a lot of people in the industry are aghast at how difficult it is to stop these people.”
“For listeners under the age of 11 travelling to school, it can be a very offensive thing for them to hear, so I just want it to stop… but I would also love to see who it is and have them caught.”
“The first time we reported it to the police, but they said they would have to catch him in the act. Our transmitter people can’t do anything because the person is using a mobile transmitter.”
Delahunty said that the communications regulator Ofcom (the government-approved regulatory and competition authority for the broadcasting, telecommunications and postal industries of the United Kingdom. ) has sent a truck with advanced equipment on three times to try and catch the hacker, but have so far been unsuccessful because they can only track him when he is broadcasting.