1987: God Hijacks the Playboy Channel
In a rare case of Christian-based hacking, folks watching a title called American Ecstasy on the Playboy Satellite Network in 1987 were suddenly bombarded by several minutes of religious messaging. In the midst of all the aforementioned “ecstasy,” the screen went blank, replaced for several minutes with text saying “Thus sayeth the Lord thy God. Remember the Sabbath and keep it holy. Repent for the kingdom of Heaven is at hand.”
Three years of FCC investigations later, the agency eventually pinned the event on a Virginia engineer working with the Christian Broadcasting Network at the time.
