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Hackers Crack Into Texas Road Sign, Warn of Zombies Ahead
Fox News ^
| 1/28/2008
| Joshua Rhett Miller
Posted on 01/28/2009 10:29:13 AM PST by Domandred
Transportation officials in Texas are scrambling to prevent hackers from changing messages on digital road signs after one sign in Austin was altered to read, "Zombies Ahead."
Chris Lippincott, director of media relations for the Texas Department of Transportation, confirmed that a portable traffic sign at Lamar Boulevard and West 15th Street, near the University of Texas at Austin, was hacked into during the early hours of Jan. 19.
"It was clever, kind of cute, but not what it was intended for," said Lippincott, who saw the sign during his morning commute. "Those signs are deployed for a reason — to improve traffic conditions, let folks know there's a road closure."
"It's sort of amusing, but not at all helpful," he told FOXNews.com.
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TOPICS: US: Texas; Unclassified
KEYWORDS: austin; dot; hacked; hacker; hackers; janeausten; keepaustinweird; kitteh; molassesmiasma; monkeyfacerules; nazi; nazizombies; penguinhumor; posted20timesalready; prank; pranks; sign; sionnsar; texas; texasdot; theendisnear; universityoftexas; zombies; zombiesahead; zombiethread
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To: Jet Jaguar
Ugh. I’d do the cleaning and housework, too, if it was rainy and foggy!
Or maybe I’d just curl up with a good book!
1,961
posted on
03/14/2009 4:33:55 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(I've had amnesia as long as I can remember.)
To: Monkey Face
1,962
posted on
03/14/2009 4:36:57 PM PDT
by
fanfan
(God, Bless America, please.)
To: Monkey Face
I don’t know what’s more amazing...that we got kicked out of the other thread, or that I looked at the right time and noticed it happened!
To: fanfan
One minute we were happily posting away and the next minute it was locked.
Maybe because it was posted in Finnish?
Who knows?
1,964
posted on
03/14/2009 4:38:16 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(I've had amnesia as long as I can remember.)
To: Knitting A Conundrum
Hi there!
How are things?
1,965
posted on
03/14/2009 4:38:29 PM PDT
by
fanfan
(God, Bless America, please.)
To: Knitting A Conundrum
LOL!
Well, we’re here, anyway. For what it’s worth.
Texas zombies are cool, anyway!
1,966
posted on
03/14/2009 4:39:36 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(I've had amnesia as long as I can remember.)
To: Monkey Face
Probably they had complaints.
Perogi!
1,967
posted on
03/14/2009 4:41:45 PM PDT
by
fanfan
(God, Bless America, please.)
To: Monkey Face
1,968
posted on
03/14/2009 4:42:32 PM PDT
by
Jet Jaguar
(Atlas Shrugged Mode: ON)
To: fanfan
Probably. Never mind that it was in the possession of the Flying Castle....
*sheesh*
1,969
posted on
03/14/2009 4:43:01 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(I've had amnesia as long as I can remember.)
To: Jet Jaguar
It sure was!!
But we’re here, now!
1,970
posted on
03/14/2009 4:43:52 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(I've had amnesia as long as I can remember.)
To: NicknamedBob
Yeah.
It was like prophetic, or something.
;-)
1,971
posted on
03/14/2009 4:44:00 PM PDT
by
fanfan
(God, Bless America, please.)
To: Monkey Face
Did we get the castle back?
Where will we sleep tonight?
1,972
posted on
03/14/2009 4:49:53 PM PDT
by
fanfan
(God, Bless America, please.)
To: fanfan; Dead Corpse; NicknamedBob; sionnsar; Tax-chick; Darksheare
We’re always in the Castle...
But we use the ZOT! threads for communications. Or something more convoluted, but you’d have to ask the brains of the outfit. I’m not qualified!!
1,973
posted on
03/14/2009 4:52:08 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(I've had amnesia as long as I can remember.)
To: fanfan; Monkey Face
"Did we get the castle back?" I've built about six castles. Haven't lost one yet.
1,974
posted on
03/14/2009 4:53:19 PM PDT
by
NicknamedBob
("Of what possible use is it to BE a genius, if you can't even get a bottle of beer open?" NnB to Tn1)
To: NicknamedBob; fanfan
See, Fan? No repo for the Castle!!
1,975
posted on
03/14/2009 4:54:31 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(I've had amnesia as long as I can remember.)
To: Monkey Face; fanfan; sionnsar
Well, there was one incident in which
I had to repossess a castle. That's a pretty serious thing, as you can imagine.
Things went well, though. Only one fatality.
1,976
posted on
03/14/2009 5:06:00 PM PDT
by
NicknamedBob
("Of what possible use is it to BE a genius, if you can't even get a bottle of beer open?" NnB to Tn1)
To: NicknamedBob; All
I like happy endings!
And I’m going to end my visit here for the night. Maybe. My back is telling me to get parallel to the deck.
Later!
1,977
posted on
03/14/2009 5:09:32 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(I've had amnesia as long as I can remember.)
To: NicknamedBob; Monkey Face; sionnsar; Tax-chick; fanfan; ThomasThomas; HKMk23; Dead Corpse
Ok, who forgot to send in the rent check?
1,978
posted on
03/14/2009 5:12:32 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(When you're spinning round, things come undone. Welcome to Earth 3rd rock from the Sun!)
To: Harmless Teddy Bear; All
I have requested a reprieve from the Admin Mods. We’ll see what happens.
1,979
posted on
03/14/2009 5:18:17 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(Iran Azadi | 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | "Tax the rich" fails if the rich won't play)
To: All
1,980
posted on
03/14/2009 5:23:06 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(Iran Azadi | 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | "Tax the rich" fails if the rich won't play)
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