The first one-off special was the subject of a memorable hacking incident.
Ian McNaught-Davis and
John Coll logged into the programme's BT Gold email account to demonstrate the features of the then relatively new idea of email, only to find that the account had been hacked. Shortly before air, the floor manager had informed Ian McNaught-Davis the password for the account, unfortunately while his microphone was live. Visiting computer guests, who were in the
green room, overheard this information and immediately telephoned a friendly hacker, who proceeded to use the information to get into the account. The following text was displayed once
John Coll had logged in: :Computer Security Error. Illegal access. :I hope your Television PROGRAMME runs :as smoothly as my PROGRAM worked out :your passwords! Nothing is secure! :'''Hackers' Song.''' :"Put another password in, :Bomb it out and try again, :Try to get past logging in, :we're Hacking, Hacking, Hacking. :Try his first wife's maiden name, :This is more than just a game, :It's real fun, but just the same, :It's Hacking, Hacking, Hacking." :The NutCracker : ( Hackers' UK ) HI THERE, OWLETS, FROM OZ AND YUG (OLIVER AND GUY) After that John Coll was able to read his email and continue the demonstration as no damage had been done to the account (although
Oz and Yug had sent a few emails). ==See also==