Of course... The day I leave home my BFG 9K!
Lately I’ve tried to not re-post news articles that I’ve come across because there are already too many blogs out there that already do that. However, this one I couldn’t pass up. What happened was some pranksters re-programmed a traffic information sign to say “Zombies Ahead” instead of it was originally displaying. While Austin Public Works wasn’t exactly amused by the prank, they at least seemed to have a good sense of humor about it. The part that I find interesting about the hack is that in all reality it wasn’t even really a hack. They posted pictures of inside the unit, so obviously it wasn’t sealed or locked plus the pranksters know (and posted) what the default password is for the unit. If I was part of Austin Public Works right now, I’d be a little embarrassed. The first thing anyone ANYONE should do with ANY device that has password control is change the password to something other than the default. Especially for a piece of equipment such as this…
Sources: I originally found this on FoxNews.com, and later found the original hack information on I-Hacked.com.
Correction: I had originally said, TxDot, and it was actually Austin Public Works that owns the sign.