Wednesday, May 03, 2006
SPITBULL, ON THE OTHER HAND, DOES NOT CARE FOR BABIES
Savvy politicos know to watch their candidate's Wikipedia entry to prevent hanky-panky but do they know how to safeguard electronic advertising systems?:
Bewildered Toronto train passengers were left scratching their heads after a hacker altered advertising signs to announce that Stephen Harper, the country's prime minister, "eats babies".
An unidentified ne'er-do-well broke into systems controlling electronic signs on Toronto's westbound Lakeshore GO Transit train to substitute transport updates for banners mocking the Canadian political leader.
Scrolling LED signs on several trains repeated the message "Stephen Harper Eats Babies" every three seconds during the duration of the attack, which took place on Thursday and Friday last week as well as Monday 1 May. Some commuters, unsurprisingly, thought they were hallucinating.
