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This NYC transit signage hack for Pride weekend says it all, thanks to a submission from rider @wckethre on Twitter:
Service Information
Everyday
No bigotry, prejudice, or discrimination allowed at this station at any time.
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Karma is a bitch. The hackers who infiltrated SFMTA’s computer system last weekend got hacked themselves, according to this Forbes story. After the Forbes reporter contacted the hacker via the email address in the hacker’s error message display, the reporter received a response from someone who claims to have taken over access of the account to turn the ransomware hackers over to the FBI.
The ransomware hackers had shown this message on Muni’s computer screens: “You Hacked, ALL Data Encrypted. Contact For Key(cryptom27@yandex.com)ID:681 ,Enter.” This allowed reporters to contact the hackers, and now the FBI is on the case, according to the Examiner.
@stonemcrock on Instagram snapped this very valid question, which is probably answered by this most accurate Next Bus prediction ever.
If you’ve got the time, here’s a couple of other ways to change the way you see things, as far as Muni signs go:
Not content with the abundant Next Muni arrival apps out there, Muni rider Pavel done went and hacked his own.
Pavel says he got fed up one day when his Muni Metro train pulled off without him. Imagine what the world would look like if we all made something new every time that happened. Our city would be an ever-growing mound of stuff, kinda like in WALL-E. But I digress …
Read Pavel’s tl;dr story about making his own Muni arrival sign. Would you want one of these little buggers in your house?
Yeah, we don’t know, either. Maybe we should put our best little-kid minds to work cracking this code, though I’m a little scared of what it actually means.
Here are some other examples of Muni and BART sign hackage you might’ve missed:
BART sign hack: Dancing, singing, art, play
Public transit sign hack: Station agent ass stance
Muni Signage Hack: Move Where?
h/t Paul: “Someone, please help me decipher what’s going on here.”
On Instagram, rider @trasteverekev spotted the newest banned activity on BART: cross country skiing. I think we can agree that might be a bad idea on a moving vehicle. With no snow. Nice job hacking the sign, whoever this guerrilla graphic artist may be!
Previously we saw a hacked reserved seat sign on BART, and we applaud all such efforts! Click over this way for more creatively “improved” ads and signage that riders have submitted to us.
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