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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Rainy and cloudy amd yucky in NW GA today.
Went to a model railroad show with the grandedkids.
Ate ice cream afterwords.
Model railroads, N-scale, rock!
Things are good. Been spending huge amounts of time writing and doing some photo work for fun, but I always spend at least a little time every day on FR...just not as much as I used to....
Yep...like most things Texan!
except for East Texas humidity. That’s not so cool...
Model railroads, N-scale, (small) rocks!
Interesting. New to me.
BTTT
It is still alive!
BUMP
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