DOT Construction Signs Hacked To Read 'Impeach Obama'
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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.
Tamara Douglas snapped a picture of the sign message around 6 a.m. Thursday.
“('Impeach
Obama') was the only thing that was on the sign,” Douglas said. “It was
coming in and out and just said that over and over again.”
DOT
says anyone caught tampering with construction signs could face charges
of criminal mischief, which is a Class A misdemeanor.
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Top Opinion
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Mr. T 2012/07/08 18:11:10
This is a repeat of election 2008. Nominate a crappy candidate again.
“Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.” Albert Einstein
Ron Paul 2012!
I agree. I'd love to see Paul in office, but it's not happening this time around. Maybe next time. Hopefully next time
Romney can not get the IND or DEM votes needed to win.
Paul can get those votes and kick Obama's ass in a debate.
Romney has too much dirt the DNC will shred him on it.
They will have to go after Paul on the issues only. They are not used to that.
Why do you think "liberal media" shoved him down your throat and "blacked out" Paul? They know Obama will beat Romney. Period.
In my days of being a dumb, mischievious kid I and one of my friends knocked out the flashing lights on some road construction signs as a lark. Not long after doing so, I almost drove into a hole in the street because the flashers weren't working. We decided not to do that again.
We wouldn't be able to afford the "Oxygen Tax" and "cost analysis committee" and the "Oxygen Czar" so suffocation wouldn't seem so bad.