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TYT: Inmates Hack TVs To Do Exactly What You’d Expect
This sounds like a fluff story, but it turns into a story about the prison system. Just FYI“An inmate at Norway's Halden prison reportedly hacked the TV system to watch porn. "We reacted when we noticed unusually high data traffic and that inmates were having more than the normal trouble with their TVs," said Jan Strømnes from the Halden prison, reported The Local.
"In addition, we found a handwritten note with a log-in on an inmate during a search." The hack allowed inmates to exchange messages via the TV handsets and share porn videos.
"We have gone through the TV system with these security concerns in mind and built it up again. Today, inmates only have regular TV," said Strømnes.”
Read more here: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/norway-inmates-watch-pornographic-movies-by-hacking-prison-tv-system-1516889