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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Mike Bedigan

Hackers replaced Silicon Valley crosswalks messages with Elon Musk’s voice after exposing ‘weak password,’ report says

More details have emerged about how anonymous hackers in Silicon Valley were able to reprogram crosswalk signals in various locations to say prank messages in the voices of tech billionaires Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg.

An investigation by the Palo Alto Daily Post, revealed that the Caltrans system was hacked because the company did not change the passwords on the crosswalk system, despite being advised to by the manufacturers.

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