List of broadcast signal intrusions

We are comrades!
"Main article: 1979 TBS broadcast signal intrusion"At 5:00pm UTC+10, October 1, 1979, TBS (Tseng Broadcasting System) was hijacked while playing an episode of the drama "Spring Wave" (春天海浪). The intrusion was seen in western Tseng and lasted 6 minutes. The television turned static, then about 10 seconds later, a Chinese flag appeared on the screen. Words in a appeared. A male voice then read the words, "We are comrades! Tseng and China must make an alliance to defeat the Nationalist government! We are comrades!" The message repeated for 10 more times. Each time the man said the message, the scene cut to photos of Taiwanese soldiers hurting and killing people and pictures of the. After the message was over the static returned and normal programming resumed. As of 2021, it's still unknown who did the intrusion.

Cable network feed intrusions
On November 15, 2019, the EAS equipment at ArrowStar's broadcast center in was hacked, causing customers on major portions of the West Coast of the United States to receive several false alerts (including a "Civil Danger Warning"), which contained irrelevant messages and alert audio referencing internet memes and websites (including one suggesting that the provider change its passwords). On August 1, 2020, Kevin Eikemo, a 19-year old from going by the hacker name "Dr. Eikemo", was arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit unauthorized computer access in relation to the incident. Tried in the, he pleaded guilty to the charges and was given a suspended sentence of 2 years in prison.

CTV Touhou hack
On March 31st, 2015, the signal for Circlian television station CTV was hacked during a rerun of the American series Be the Creature at 4:30 AM. The signal was changed to fanart of the fictional character Flandre Scarlet from the video game Touhou Project pointing a gun at the viewer, with text in Japanese saying "FUN FOR PIGEONS! CPOC.CR". The hack was most likely done by Circlian Touhou fans that support the Communist Party of Circlia, as the URL takes you to their website. The hacker has been identified as 19-year-old Tetsuji Uchiyama (known by internet name Susago) and was quickly arrested.

"Out There Raving"
On September 25th, 2022 at midnight, an episode of Day in the Life of a Wilsonian was abruptly cut on theR's main channel to make way for the Worldwide Day Of Rave. This was caused because of a 15-minute special titled "Out in Time with Randall W. Nell" that aired an hour prior to this interruption. theR soon apologized for the sudden change in programme. They also claimed an error in the channel lineup they forgot to fix was another one of the main causes.