The birth of online banking ushered in a new era of hacking entailing spear-phishing tactics aimed at stealing user credentials. From here, it becomes easy for hackers to siphon funds from their victims into remote accounts, often located overseas.

In the morning of April 5, 2016 a number of American radio stations treated their listeners to quite the unusual broadcast. Now, the station’s employees weren’t looking to shock their listeners, the station’s equipment was hacked. How could it happen?