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by Mithaldu 4581 days ago
This is a very long article. Is it just a rehash of what happened, or does it contain any new info figured out in the past year?
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To answer your question directly, no I don't think so (perhaps some updated theories, but nothing concrete).

But the article does cover more than just the incident, I found the whole thing fairly interesting.

Beyond the passing knowledge I have from growing up in Chicago-land around the time and the Wikipedia article on the subject, I thought it contextualized the FCC policies around the time of the incident and how the hack worked (from a high level). It also pointed out other signal intrusions from the same period and the FCC/FBI's methods to track down the perpetrators.

I had read all about the incident before, but had never seen the FBI report. So there is some stuff that you may not have seen.
If you haven't read the reddit thread from within the last year then it certainly has a great amount of new information. In fact, I thought the reddit theory was a more compelling story than this article
I couldn't get past the writing style in the reddit post. Maybe it will be less abrasive in the morning with fresh eyes and some rest.