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Digital billboards across the globe hacked to show porn, attackers say “anyone with two brain cells” could do it

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The most visible hack took place on a digital billboard stretching across one of Egypt’s biggest highways: the 26th of July Axis in Giza. Drivers stopped their cars to film as the screen broadcast the adults-only material, which was overlaid with the text “Leaked by: Ch, 19ylegal never and nivex”...

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Digital billboards across the globe hacked to show porn, attackers say “anyone with two brain cells” could do it

‘America hates data centers’ — New data highlights public sentiment

Could data center backlash flip Florida?

The new and four-star-rated Bose QuietComfort Headphones are already down to a record-low price ahead of Black Friday

Gamer’s ASUS TUF monitor blocks bullet fired through wall during Call of Duty session — says 280Hz monitor is ‘the best $280 I ever spent’

Here’s what’s coming for the MacBook Pro next year, per report

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