Crawley - the town that likes to say "F**k off, we're closed"
This one was in the Brighton Argus, but it also made it to El Reg, too. It's a similar style of car parking signs to those in Dundee, Perth etc.
Early morning motorists got a shock yesterday when digital car park signs were tampered with by computer hackers and were left displaying an obscene message. The message appeared on all similar signs around Crawley at about 6.45am. Thousands of motorists travelling into the town would have been subjected to the unsavoury advice. The signs normally display the number of spaces available in the town's car parks and were installed about four years ago.
A spokeswoman for Crawley Borough Council said the authority had received no complaints from the public, just calls advising them what had happened. She said: "It is disappointing someone would do this. The car park information system was hacked into. Crawley Borough Council officers took immediate action to remove the offensive words when this was brought to their attention. The system and network are not the council's and are maintained by a contractor. Measures have now been put in place to prevent any further attacks. Our apologies for any offence or distress caused. Nowhere is foolproof - if hackers can get into Pentagon computers then I am sure they would have no problem with ours."
That last comment really gives you confidence, doesn't it?
Early morning motorists got a shock yesterday when digital car park signs were tampered with by computer hackers and were left displaying an obscene message. The message appeared on all similar signs around Crawley at about 6.45am. Thousands of motorists travelling into the town would have been subjected to the unsavoury advice. The signs normally display the number of spaces available in the town's car parks and were installed about four years ago.
A spokeswoman for Crawley Borough Council said the authority had received no complaints from the public, just calls advising them what had happened. She said: "It is disappointing someone would do this. The car park information system was hacked into. Crawley Borough Council officers took immediate action to remove the offensive words when this was brought to their attention. The system and network are not the council's and are maintained by a contractor. Measures have now been put in place to prevent any further attacks. Our apologies for any offence or distress caused. Nowhere is foolproof - if hackers can get into Pentagon computers then I am sure they would have no problem with ours."
That last comment really gives you confidence, doesn't it?
posted by Suzy Scott @ 23:21
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