Hacker takes over crosswalk system, plays anti-Trump profanities on speaker
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Hackers took over a Denver crosswalk system to protest President Donald Trump and the Iran war.
Denver pedestrians heard a jarring message over the weekend after two crosswalk speakers were tampered with and played an expletive-filled political statement targeting President Donald Trump, city officials said.
The two crosswalk push-buttons were hacked on East Colfax Avenue in Denver, Nancy Kuhn of Denver's Department of Transportation and Infrastructure confirmed to USA TODAY.
"The push-buttons were newly installed," she said. "Still bagged and with their factory settings. Hackers were able to find the default password online and briefly override the audio."
Videos of the incident circulated on social media. A TikTok posted Monday, March 16, shows what appears to be a city employee servicing a crosswalk speaker.
The speaker played the standard “walk signal is on” prompt, then switched to a profane message accusing Trump of civilian deaths, according to the video.
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