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Zombies invade Texas town
Hackers delivered a warning to played a prank on Austin, TX commuters this morning, according to local television station KXAN. Near the intersection of Lamar Blvd. and Martin Luther King Blvd., an electronic traffic sign cautioned: "ZOMBIES IN AREA! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!"
To make matters worse, they are NAZI zombies, as you'll see from the video below.
Local motorists appear to have taken it in the intended spirit. Jane Shin, a University of Texas sophomore, "thought it was pretty funny." But, the authorities did not share her sense of humor. Sarah Hartley, spokesperson for the city, called the hack "really serious" and reminded us all that "it is a crime." Breaking a padlock and bypassing the password to an electronic street sign is a class C misdemeanor in Texas.
And, I understand why. When zombies really are in the area, we need to be able to take the NAZI zombie threat seriously.
[Thanks, Christine. Photo by Wyscan, licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0.]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Scott Carmichael Jan 29th 2009 5:42PM
It was only a matter of time till this happened - sites had been posting the passwords and master passwords for most of these units a few weeks ago, and many of them are not even locked, so even the most amateur "hacker" can open the box and enter whatever text he or she wants...
Emland Jan 30th 2009 10:20AM
If I could hack into one of those things I would have it say: "Hang up the phone and Drive!"
Lorenzo Jan 31st 2009 7:48AM
it was my friend Freddie that did he lives in Dallas Texas