2009: Wild Cherries Porno Hijacks the Super Bowl
Okay, these aren’t actual cherries. But during the 2009 Super Bowl, countless Comcast subscribers based out of Arizona were treated to half a minute of Wild Cherries 5, an x-rated porn flick that suddenly interrupted their game. Comcast was embarrassed enough by the debacle that it gave the 80,000 affected Tuscon viewers a measly $10 off their upcoming cable bill, which in total, ended up costing the company $800,000. Eventually, local authorities traced the hack to a former Comcast employee, who got hit with three years worth of probation and a $1,000 fine for the deed.
