we dont condone anyone "hacking" anything and this thread is for educational purposes only

1/22/2009 5:24:58 PM

ZOMBIES AHEAD

1/22/2009 5:25:18 PM

WOW

1/22/2009 5:27:37 PM

paging WRAL, Paul Cousins, I-440

1/22/2009 7:32:00 PM

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"*** WARNING YOU SHOULD NEVER TAMPER WITH THESE SIGNS ***"

1/22/2009 7:46:54 PM

FELONY

1/22/2009 7:48:02 PM

it would be badass if he hooked it up to a website so people on the internet could put messages up there. like those dudes that had the sign in their living room not too long ago

1/22/2009 7:59:21 PM

hahaha

1/22/2009 8:17:30 PM

it'd be changed like 50 times per minute then.

1/22/2009 8:51:27 PM

CMS Sign
ATM machine
PIN number

1/22/2009 9:01:36 PM

TWW Closings Part II

1/22/2009 9:02:11 PM

!

1/22/2009 9:02:37 PM

I have, somewhere or another, a picture of when one of these on campus got hacked sometime in 2005. Pretty amusing, especially when you're not expecting it.

1/23/2009 1:05:34 AM

raleigh pwnt. go home

1/23/2009 1:11:31 AM

^^^^

1/23/2009 3:29:43 AM

Quote :

"ZOMBIES AHEAD"

Quote :

"raleigh pwnt. go home"

"Road closed ahead. All traffic must exit."

(more please)

1/23/2009 5:30:24 AM

I hope to do this one day.


as for messages...

Quote :

"LEFT LANE: MERGE RIGHT RIGHT LANE: MERGE LEFT"

1/23/2009 6:27:36 AM

Quote :

"FEED ME A STRAY CAT"

1/23/2009 2:26:20 PM

oh holy shit, where is the pics of that girl that looks like quasimodo


we just found her brother

1/23/2009 2:38:39 PM

1/23/2009 3:13:38 PM

Isn't this generally older than the internet itself? I swear I saw this in between milking and shitting not long after I breached the birth canal.

1/23/2009 3:19:27 PM

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,484326,00.html

Quote :

"Hackers Crack Into Texas Road Sign, Warn of Zombies Ahead 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. Tampering with portable road signs is illegal and potentially dangerous to drivers. It is a misdemeanor in Texas, with penalties ranging from fines to potential jail time. Lippincott said the hacked sign — manufactured by IMAGO — is owned and operated by the city of Austin. Texas Department of Transportation signs have not been affected, he said. "It is always possible that it could occur, but we attempt to prevent hacking incidents," Lippincott wrote in an e-mail. He declined to comment on security measures to protect the state's signs from hackers. Austin Public Works spokeswoman Sara Hartley said the incident was not initially reported to police, but will be shortly. The sign was reverted back to its original message within hours, according to Hartley, who insisted the signs are tamper-resistant and equipped with external locks. "This sign was broken into, it was not just a 'walk up and change the sign' kind of thing," Hartley told FOXNews.com. "This is a new one for us, we've never had it happen before." She said she did not know whether any other signs in the area had been altered. According to the blog i-hacked.com, some commercial road signs, including those manufactured by IMAGO's ADDCO division, can be easily altered because their instrument panels are frequently left unlocked and their default passwords are not changed. "Programming is as simple as scrolling down the menu selection," i-hacked.com reports. "Type whatever you want to display … In all likelihood, the crew will not have changed [the password]." I-hacked.com warns readers not to try to alter the signs, which cost roughly $15,000. ADDCO Chief Operating Officer Brian Nicholson told FOXNews.com that the company is sending out notices to customers on the potentially dangerous security flaw. "It's incumbent upon users to change the default password and secure the sign with a padlock," Nicholson said. "We're having our engineers review this information." In the meantime, if you're driving in Austin, you can rest assured: There are no zombies ahead."

1/28/2009 5:19:33 PM

it's amusing that they used the same picture in the news article

1/28/2009 5:36:12 PM

hahaha, my coworker just heard about people hacking road signs....saw something on the news last night....


anyway, he's tripping balls over it, and I showed him this website.

now he thinks I'm super cool...and it's all cause of gunzz

1/30/2009 9:23:33 AM

your so welcome

[Edited on January 30, 2009 at 10:37 AM. Reason : sdf]

1/30/2009 10:37:08 AM

Quote :

"ZOMBIES AHEAD"

Quote :

"raleigh pwnt. go home"

Quote :

"Road closed ahead. All traffic must exit."

Quote :

"LEFT LANE: MERGE RIGHT RIGHT LANE: MERGE LEFT"

Quote :

"FEED ME A STRAY CAT"

more!

Quote :

"SPEED LIMIT 95"

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"WARNING: ROAD SIGN"

1/30/2009 10:49:12 AM

wow, hilarious.

1/30/2009 11:08:18 AM

http://www.theindychannel.com/news/18620871/detail.html#-


CARMEL, Ind. -- Someone apparently hacked into an electronic road sign in Hamilton County Monday morning, prompting stares and giggles from motorists because of the message the sign displayed.

The sign, which read "Raptors Ahead Caution," amused motorists in a construction zone on Keystone Avenue, just north of 116th Street.

"It's kind of crazy. I'm totally confused," said one motorist. "I'm kind of expecting … dinosaurs to run down the road, or something."

Another puzzled motorist said, "Which raptors?" before adding that he hadn't seen the sign.

Carmel spokeswoman Nancy Heck said the signs on Keystone Avenue are owned by a contractor, Highway Technologies, which is responsible for programming signs in the Keystone Avenue construction zone.

The odd road sign in Indiana came days after a widely publicized highway road sign message near the University of Texas that warned motorists "Caution! Zombies Ahead!" and "Nazi Zombies! Run!!!"

Both incidents occurred within weeks of various articles appearing online with descriptions of how to hack into the road signs, while pointing out that such an act is illegal.

2/3/2009 2:24:09 PM

This is great.

2/3/2009 4:09:30 PM

How is this hacking?

2/3/2009 4:10:56 PM

Quote :

"In a security context, a hacker is someone involved in computer security/insecurity, specializing in the discovery of exploits in systems (for exploitation or prevention), or in obtaining or preventing unauthorized access to systems through skills, tactics and detailed knowledge"

2/3/2009 4:21:17 PM

we did this once in high school, and it was pretty easy. apparently raptors are a recurring theme.

2/4/2009 4:34:31 PM

OMG The British R Coming!

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,489486,00.html

2/7/2009 10:59:24 AM

PRESIDENT

http://cbs13.com/local/highway.sign.hacked.2.931731.html

2/10/2009 9:45:41 PM

Hell, it would probably be easier to hack them than it is to program them in the first place...

Whoever writes the damn programs for these things are smoking CRACK (plus, noone ever thinks to program the damn thing until you get it on the side of the road with traffic flying by)

2/10/2009 9:55:11 PM

lol...smoke bud

8/25/2009 12:46:23 PM

how do i hack those barrels?

I'm AstralAdvent and i approved this message.

8/25/2009 12:47:39 PM