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A look at the only time the Super Bowl was hacked

10 years to the day, we've learned how the Super Bowl broadcast was hacked.

ATLANTA — It's only happened once. But Friday, marks 10 years to the day when the Super Bowl was hacked!

With less than three minutes left in Super Bowl XLIII, Arizona Cardinals Wide-Receiver Larry Fitzgerald scores a go-ahead touchdown.

It was the biggest moment in the franchise's history. As the broadcast went to commercial, the excited Arizona fans caught an eyeful.

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A 30-second clip from an adult film aired in the Tucson market.

This was the early days of social media and the story spread quickly. But one thing that didn't happen quickly was an arrest.

It took two years for the FBI to find their culprit. Frank Gonzalez, a 17-year employee at Cox cable, admitted to the hack, officials said. He was sentenced to three years in prison.

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Friday, 11Alive toured the FBI's Operations Center to find out how agents are playing defense against hackers.

"We do have a team here that's monitoring locally but we also have a team in D.C. that's monitoring any potential threat to the event or venues," said Ron Johnson, Senior Supervisor Intelligence Analyst with FBI field office in Atlanta.

Officials locally and on the state and federal level have been working non-stop to keep the city safe. 

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