Heh, this is a pretty cool trick:
Authorities are miffed, and the news media naturally found people to speculate on how dangerous it could have been. In addition,
Austin police are investigating the situation, and the vandals could face a Class C misdemeanor charge of tampering with a road sign,
Whatever.
This is a classic hack. Whoever did this had some fun and revealed a weakness in the system without doing any serious damage.
I’m not saying the hackers were doing a public service, but the authorities would do well to consider this a lesson learned and be thankful the message wasn’t something really bad, e.g.
Death To America
We Have Sarin Gas
Turn Around or Die
That could have really messed things up and gotten someone hurt.
(Hat tip: Mark Bennettt)
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