Silicon Valley crosswalk buttons hacked to imitate Musk, Zuckerberg voices
- Several crosswalk buttons in California were hacked to play audio messages imitating Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg.
- According to the Seattle Department of Transportation, hackers aimed to make a statement about the influence of tech billionaires by altering the crosswalk messages to include the phrase 'Boycott Tesla.'
- The unauthorized recordings were played in Silicon Valley, surprising pedestrians.
- City staff have disabled the audible feature of the crosswalk buttons until necessary repairs are completed.
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Silicon Valley Crosswalks Hacked To Play Brutal Fake Messages From Musk And Zuckerberg
Pedestrian crosswalks across Silicon Valley in northern California are, funnily enough, mocking billionaires Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg after hackers programmed them to play fake messages. The unexpected messages were heard in Palo Alto, Redwood City, and Menlo Park—home to Zuckerberg's expansive Meta headquarters. In one instance, a Musk impersonator offered passing pedestrians a Tesla Cybertruck in exchange for friendship. One in Musk's vo…
Hacked crosswalk signals impersonate tech billionaires, including Bezos and Musk
Crosswalk signals in Seattle, Washington were hacked with fake audio impersonations from Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos on Wednesday. This comes days after similar hacks using false impersonations from Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk were seen in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Hackers alter audio messages at Seattle crosswalks
The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) said several crosswalk buttons have been altered to play fake audio messages. In a video posted on Reddit, one crosswalk message was changed to say, “Hi, I’m Jeff Bezos. This crosswalk is sponsored by Amazon Prime with an important message, please don’t tax the rich, otherwise, all the other billionaires will move to Florida too…” Someone hacked the crosswalks in the U District byu/nrr1617 inSeattl…
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