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Hacker Turns Canadian PM Into Baby Eater

Now that's a great hack.

Nick Farrell writes on The Inquirer:

Commuters on one of Canada's busiest trade routes were amused when the LED message board announced that Prime Minister Stephen Harper eats babies.

Instead of announcing the next stop, the LED board on the GO trains, seemed to feel that it was very important that the world knew about Harper's dining habits.

Alas, no one seems to have snapped a picture of the phenomenon, but the story has been confirmed by the people running the possessed LED board, Exclusive Advertising. The outfit said that its LED board had been hacked and the message had not been authorised by it, or GO trains.

More here.

Update: Also, a Globe and Mail article about this incident can be found here.

posted by Fergie @ 5/02/2006 06:59:00 AM