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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: glock rocks; humblegunner; Eaker; Squantos; NYTexan; SouthTexas; Allegra; TheMom
I know for a fact gunner keeps “Winky” locked up and hobbled!
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posted on
01/28/2009 6:02:00 PM PST
by
Eaker
(Go n-ithe an cat thú is go n-ithe an diabhal an cat)
To: NYTexan; Eaker; TheMom; humblegunner
It wernt Gunner...hed just blow it up!You're right there, and there'd be a telltale lemon smell to the remains of the signboard, too.
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posted on
01/28/2009 6:04:04 PM PST
by
glock rocks
(God loves stupid people; that's why He made so many of them.)
To: Eaker; humblegunner; Allegra
83
posted on
01/28/2009 6:06:36 PM PST
by
glock rocks
(God loves stupid people; that's why He made so many of them.)
To: glock rocks
Don’t ask...don’t tell...
84
posted on
01/28/2009 6:09:55 PM PST
by
NYTexan
To: NYTexan
85
posted on
01/28/2009 6:11:59 PM PST
by
glock rocks
(God loves stupid people; that's why He made so many of them.)
To: glock rocks; humblegunner
You ought to see what he feeds the lil’ bastard!
86
posted on
01/28/2009 6:15:44 PM PST
by
Eaker
(Go n-ithe an cat thú is go n-ithe an diabhal an cat)
To: Eaker; glock rocks; humblegunner; Squantos; NYTexan; Allegra; TheMom
Maybe, but I know I’ve seen the door unlocked!
87
posted on
01/28/2009 6:20:05 PM PST
by
SouthTexas
(Danger, Danger .. Will Robinson)
Comment #88 Removed by Moderator
To: Squantos
89
posted on
01/28/2009 6:21:35 PM PST
by
Eaker
(Go n-ithe an cat thú is go n-ithe an diabhal an cat)
To: Squantos
I have a feeling we’ve stepped beyond lemon territory. Whoa.
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posted on
01/28/2009 6:37:09 PM PST
by
glock rocks
(God loves stupid people; that's why He made so many of them.)
To: Domandred
You are all ignoring one obvious possibility: An actual zombie outbreak was in progress, but was neutralized by our law enforcement specialists, specifically the Special Texas Austin Re-Animated Squad (STARS)
Occam's Razor people. Occam's Razor.
To: glock rocks
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posted on
01/28/2009 6:50:44 PM PST
by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
To: gieriscm
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA....
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posted on
01/28/2009 6:53:16 PM PST
by
BCR #226
(07/02 SOT www.extremefirepower.com...The BS stops when the hammer drops.)
To: Eaker; Squantos; humblegunner; SouthTexas; NYTexan; Allegra; TheMom
You ought to see what he feeds the lil bastard!I've thought this over and only come to one conclusion: Lemon meringue pie with an M80 candle. I await the photos. I know I'm right on this one.
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posted on
01/28/2009 7:21:20 PM PST
by
glock rocks
(God loves stupid people; that's why He made so many of them.)
To: glock rocks; Eaker; Squantos; humblegunner; NYTexan; Allegra; TheMom
They said they already fixed it on the news.
We may never know.....
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posted on
01/28/2009 7:52:06 PM PST
by
SouthTexas
(Danger, Danger .. Will Robinson)
To: All
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posted on
01/29/2009 5:31:33 AM PST
by
Squidpup
("Fight the Good Fight")
To: relictele
Is that why PennDOT wastes time and sightlines with signs left out displaying the usual nanny-state twaddle such as "Please buckle up" and "Drive Safely?" That's better than the ones in NJ that often read "Sign Test" One would think any message about the road conditions ahead would also be adequate for a "sign test".
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01/29/2009 5:59:05 AM PST
by
Malsua
To: Domandred; sionnsar; Monkey Face; Slings and Arrows; nicmarlo; null and void; Lakeshark; derllak; ..
I swear it isn’t my fault.
Despite my affiliations with various undead.
;-)
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posted on
01/29/2009 7:25:31 AM PST
by
Darksheare
(Hi, I'm D-sheare, and I am proud to inform you of your Impending Typos!)
To: Darksheare
We know you are responsible
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for the Zombie Bunny
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posted on
01/29/2009 8:54:12 AM PST
by
null and void
(We are now in day 10 of our national holiday from reality.)
To: Domandred
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posted on
01/29/2009 10:37:16 AM PST
by
Titan Magroyne
("Drill now drill hard drill often and give old Gaia a cigarette afterwards she deserves it." HerrBlu)
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