Security: Hackers Take Over Atlanta Billboard, Run (Literally) Butt-Ugly Content

May 14, 2015 by Dave Haynes

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Several Atlanta-area news organizations are reporting how someone hacked (presumably) into a large digital billboard running on a building in ritzy Buckhead – switching out booked ads for a pic of a guy mooning.

Like serious mooning. Big bend over yuck.

A contact sent me a blurred image via Reddit, and I am happy it was blurred.

The visual generated 911 calls and the board’s operator – Monumedia – cut the power so it could get the image off.

Stating the painfully obvious, it’s really, really, really important to lock down your access rights and security for networked screens of any size and located anywhere.

 

 

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