Anti-Israel message displayed on digital billboard in Moncton after 'malicious hack'
CTV
A profane anti-Israel message on a digital billboard in Moncton, N.B., has been turned off, but the question of how it got there in the first place remains.
A profane anti-Israel message on a digital billboard in Moncton, N.B., has been turned off, but the question of how it got there in the first place remains.
On Wednesday, a sign reading “F--- Israel” was seen on a billboard on Elmwood Drive, a busy street next to ReCar, a used car dealership.
ReCar staff told CTV News they notified a local representative of the outdoor sign company Pattison and the digital billboard was shut off just before 8 p.m. Wednesday.
Representatives from Pattison declined a request for an interview, but Mary Ventresca, the vice-president of Pattison Outdoor Advertising, did make a statement calling the message “a malicious hack” with offensive language.
“This act was committed by an outside source and the message was unauthorized,” said Ventresca. “It was removed within moments of our operational team being aware and determining the method of the hack.”
Ventresca said the message affected one board out of 6,000 digital displays across Canada.
