Now We Know How Hackers Reprogrammed Peninsula Crosswalks With Fake Elon Musk and Zuckerberg Messages

Hackers replaced crosswalks messages with Elon Musk’s voice due to ‘weak password’

Investigations 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

Now We Know How Hackers Reprogrammed Peninsula Crosswalks With Fake Elon Musk and Zuckerberg Messages

Palo Alto and Menlo Park crosswalks were hacked in April to play fake, satirical messages from Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg. Hackers were able to do this because Caltrans just never changed the default factory passwords.Everyone got a good laugh in April of this year when hackers reprogrammed the audio of Palo Alto and Menlo Park crosswalks to play fake AI-generated voices of Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, in messages that ruthlessly mocked tho…

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

Investigations 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