DOT Construction Signs Hacked To Read 'Impeach Obama'
July
05, 2012|By
Todd Walker | Channel
2 News
ANCHORAGE,
Alaska — Several electronic road construction signs around
Anchorage were hacked late Wednesday night or early
Thursday morning, according to the state Department of
Transportation.
Signs that normally display
closure and detour information, like the one on Minnesota
Drive near 100th Avenue, were changed
to read “Impeach Obama.” That particular sign wasn’t fixed until sometime
between 6 a.m. and 8 a.m. Thursday.
It happened because DOT says it
doesn't lock the boxes on the signs that hold the message control
pad.
Construction managers say
sign-hacking has never happened before, so they never thought to lock the
boxes.
DOT says that changed this
morning, and now all of them will be locked.
“I'm sure somebody thought it
was a pretty funny joke but we try to convey a lot of important information with
these signs,” said Tim Croghan, a regional construction engineer for
DOT.
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