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Six charged over Czech TV nuclear hoax stunt

"Six Czechs were charged Wednesday over an incident in June 2007 when a
TV channel was hacked into, transforming scenes of a mountain beauty
spot into a nuclear mushroom cloud, Czech TV reported.

The six, all from the capital Prague, were charged with
propagating false information and scaremongering after the stunt and
could face jail sentences of up to three years or a heavy fine, the
broadcaster and victim of the hacking, Czech Television, added.

Hackers broke into the early-morning Panorama programme —
which regularly displays webcam scenes of Czech beauty spots — and
inserted images of a mushroom cloud following a nuclear explosion."

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