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Austin Road Signs Hacked

3 pointsby Allocator2008over 16 years ago

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brkover 16 years ago
Yet another instance of media hype.<p>FTFA: <i>"And so they had to break in and hack into the computer to do it, so they were pretty determined," said Hartley.</i><p>It's been widely posted on various tech blogs lately that the default password for these signs (which is rarely ever changed) is "DOT". Plus you can apparently factory-default the sign by hold 3 buttons of the programming fob.<p>Before the world of electronica, this was simply called "mischief".
RiderOfGiraffesover 16 years ago
Already reported here: <a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=450479" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=450479</a><p>Then repeated here: <a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=454348" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=454348</a><p>Third time lucky?