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AUTHORITIES IN Flagstaff, Arizona, are assuring residents there are no rogue pandas roaming the city after some pranksters got creative with an electronic street sign.
The Arizona Department of Transportation-controlled sign was set up to warn drivers not to make left turns at a busy intersection. But motorists driving to work on Monday morning got an entirely different message: “Rogue panda on rampage.”
A passer-by reported the hacked sign to police at about 3am Monday.
Transportation Department spokeswoman Mackenzie Nuno says the sign was restored to its original message by 11am. She says the agency has no suspects, but she noted the hackers would have needed specialised equipment to change the sign.
Flagstaff police Lt Ken Koch told the Arizona Daily Sun that residents can rest assured there are no problems with rogue pandas in the city.
(Image: AP Photo/Arizona Daily Sun, Jake Bacon)
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Ha ha ha ha…i rob the bank cos i was broke…god they really take us for a ride
emmm funny nothing on sky news about this . wonder why
I can’t argue there, I haven’t watched sky news since I was about 14.
sky couldn’t authorise the act, they conspired in a criminal act. murdoch jnr resigning his position all makes sense now!
Vigilante journalism isn’t any different in theory than vigilante justice. Let the authorities do their jobs, and if you have suspicions about something let them know and stay out of it.
Well said.
Public interest pleaaaaaaaaase,ok i want to know were all the oil money is going,who is behind all the rip offs and oh all the politicians that are still using tax payers money for their own selfish needs,i bet they cant answer that..
It would probably require a great deal more illegality which is a risk I doubt they’ll be taking right now. I’m the last person you’ll normally find agreeing with any Murdoch outlet but this actually seems legit.
Extremely thin ice or a very thin line…..
Isnt it odd also that all the news is so good…and self serving….its like an edited sports clip of successive goals with no mention of all the botched shots
Sky and co up to no good?
O’ what a surprise! (not)
“Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation is facing more questions over past wrongdoings after a BBC Panorama investigation alleged that one of its subsidiaries sabotaged the ITV Digital service.
NDS stands accused of hacking the smartcards used by ITV Digital – the service first launched in 1998 as On Digital, a rival to the part News Corp-owned Sky. ”
http://www.digitalspy.ie/tech/news/a373442/news-corps-nds-accused-of-itv-digital-hack.html
All lies. I have an email taken from the head of sky news’ email account which contradicts everything in the statement. I only now feel free to publish it without fear of legal retribution because I had luckily discussed the serious step with my 5 year old son and he felt that it was in the public intrest. Thanks sky I was afraid you’d come after me but now I know we really are on the same side :)
two wrongs = right now?? My mother lied to me when I was a kid
Steve coogan put it best http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkeSJLgzG8k
They need to take their Public Relations Vice President out in back and drown him in a bucket of water.
In the public interest, of course.
I was taken by the deafening silence on Sky News this afternoon and amused at the BBC, enjoying putting the boot in. Kay Burlys smug grin was certainly on the other side of her face this afternoon. Ironic how much time Sky have put into the levison enquiry and its dealings with Murky Media deeds of daring do and yet not a single mention on their own naughtyness today.
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