MI Radio: WAKV-AM Hacked A Second Time

The Memory Station, WAKV in Otsego, Michigan, may want to forget this month after being hacked twice by computer "ransom ware" that knocked the station off the air for a day and has left its owner, Jim Higgs, still assessing the damage, according to MLive.com.

The second attack, Jan. 20 with CryptoWall, locked his office computer and ćame just a day after hackers that had encrypted the station's music library, audio files and records, demanding a ransom for their return to service. Higgs refused to pay.

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The station was off the air the night of Jan. 9 through mid-morning on Jan. 10, with a rudimentary live Saturday morning show, he said.

It appears that in the second attack the on-air computer has not been affected, he told Facebook friends.

 " I don't know where I picked it up," Higgs said. "Fortunately most of the music library was backed up, but not the other audio files."

WAKV AM 980  remains on the air.