FAFO: Fired Disney World Manager Gets Three Years Jail For Monkeying With Park Menu Boards
May 9, 2025 by Dave Haynes
In a clear example of F*** Around and Find Out, a former Walt Disney World employee who responded to his firing by using his …
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That Canadian QSR’s Menu Displays Were Compromised, Taken Over, Using Phishing
April 17, 2025 by Dave Haynes
I’ve not seen anything formally from the operator or its suppliers about that system-wide hack last week of digital menu displays at a Canadian …
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Chicago Highway Billboards Hacked; Ads Swapped For Anti-Semitic Messages
October 17, 2024 by Dave Haynes
Let’s assume the IT team at Outfront Media is CLOSELY reviewing its software security in the wake of a hack Wednesday of several digital …
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If Only Every Digital Signage Hack Put Fluffy Cat Animations On The Compromised Screens …
August 20, 2024 by Dave Haynes
When a digital sign gets compromised – whether that’s a flat panel in a venue or a big LED display in a public setting …
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German Railway’s Passenger Info Screen Hacked; Porn Shown Instead Of Rider Information
August 2, 2022 by Dave Haynes
German content partner Invidis has a post up about yet another example of what can happen when a digital signage network has security gaps. …
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Hackers Appear To Have Disabled Russian EV Chargers; Leaving Anti-Putin Messages
March 1, 2022 by Dave Haynes
Along with putting messages digital billboards that might be seen by Russian soldiers, enterprising Ukrainians (or people supporting them) are finding other ways to …
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High School Student Hacks Entire School District’s Screens, Then Rickrolls Viewers
October 18, 2021 by Dave Haynes
Here’s a cautionary tale for anyone running an enterprise-level digital signage network: an Illinois high school student managed to take over the digital signage …
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Hacked Billboard Had Unlocked Equipment Shed, Used Laptop As Media Player
January 13, 2020 by Dave Haynes
A digital billboard in the Detroit area was hacked last fall, with ads replaced by a very naughty video. Probably like most people, I …
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There Are Even Instructions Available For “Hacking” OOH Media Faces
October 1, 2019 by Dave Haynes
Let’s assume the persons who hacked digital screens in Auckland and Detroit this past weekend, replacing advertising with naughty movies, were more pranksters than …
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Screens Above NZ Shoe Store Hacked To Run Porn Video
September 30, 2019 by Dave Haynes
If the need to lock down a public-facing digital signage display wasn’t obvious already, here’s an example from New Zealand of what happens when …
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Malware Takes Out Passenger Information Screens At Cleveland’s Airport
April 29, 2019 by Dave Haynes
The flight information (FIDS) and gate information (GIDS) screens went out of service last week at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport after a ransomware attack …
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Aug. 8th Webinar Looks At Protecting Digital Signage Against Hackers
July 20, 2017 by Dave Haynes
An awful lot of the webinars that get organized by vendors or trade associations tend to re-visit familiar territory, but a session coming up …
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