Monday 12 January 2015

Los Angeles Traffic Sign Hacked With An Awesome Message For Everyone


On 9th January, 2015, an electronic traffic sign at evening in Los Angeles was hacked by an unknown(so called "Anonymous" by everyone) individual to show a message that people stuck in traffic or driving nearby the sign.
So what was the message that hacker wanted to put up for public? Well, LA Weekly’s Daina Beth Solomon was the first person who saw the hacked electronic traffic sign and took a snapshot.

Looks like whoever was behind this hack is a big fan of books and loves technology as well , as the message on the hacked sign was “Read a f**king book”. Maybe the hacker wanted people to get out of their cell phones, tablets, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or Pintrest and get back to books.


Caroline O’Connor, Director of Communications @SAGFoundation also uploaded a snap which she took while driving through the signal.

This is actually not the first time when someone has hacked an electronic traffic sign. Last year, a San Francisco Traffic Sign Board was hacked with message of “Godzilla Attack!”.
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Another similar hack was witnessed in Serbia where hackers displayed a message in support of Pirate Bay on a hacked Billboard.
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We have personally loved the message, it is indeed time for people to give some time to books like good old days. We will do it from now on though ;). Give your personal views in the comments section! We would like to get awesome response! :)
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