Hacked Seattle pedestrian crossings play voice impersonating Bezos
Pedestrian crossing buttons in Seattle in the US were hacked to play audio mimicking Jeff Bezos's voice. The impersonating audio included a message urging that the rich not be taxed. The Seattle Department of Transportation looked into ways to strengthen security, and it was later suggested that the hack may have been carried out with just a mobile phone.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Seattle Department of Transportation
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Impersonating audio played from Seattle pedestrian crossing buttons
- Cause / method
- Voice messages altered by hacking pedestrian crossing buttons
- Location
- United States
Timeline
- It was reported that Seattle pedestrian crossing buttons had played audio impersonating Jeff Bezos, and the Seattle Department of Transportation looked into ways to strengthen security.
- It was reported that the impersonating audio also included references to Luigi Mangione.
- It was suggested that the crossing audio announcements may have been hacked using just a mobile phone.
11 related reports
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- Seattle crosswalk signals with deepfake Bezos audio may have been hacked with just a cellphone
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