Radio World has received several reports of apparent hacks on broadcast stations using Barix equipment. The Swiss broadcast manufacturer specializes in AoIP products, some of which are used by radio stations for studio-transmitter links. The incidents were reported as taking place between Aug. 29 and Labor Day for some stations, according to posts on a private broadcast engineering forum on Facebook. One person told Radio World via email that, during the attacks, compromised boxes streamed explicit content seemingly promoting an X-rated website. This is not the first time Barix equipment has been hacked. In April 2016, the company published a notice saying that some of its devices had been hijacked to broadcast unauthorized content. At the time, Radio World reported that a specific model of IP router at the stations — a Barix Streaming Client that can be used to distribute audio via IP — was accessed improperly and used… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.
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