Advertising service breach sends obscene videos to billboards in several countries
The website of an international advertising content distributor was compromised, resulting in the unauthorized display of obscene videos on highway billboards in Egypt's Cairo and Giza areas. Similar displays occurred on digital billboards in Malaysia and Brazil. Leakers$ claimed to have compromised advertising content delivery software, while Egypt's Ministry of Interior confirmed that the operator's website had been breached but did not name the company.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Unauthorized display of obscene videos on billboards in several countries, including Egypt, Malaysia, and Brazil
- Cause / method
- Compromise of an advertising content distributor's website
- Location
- Other countries
Timeline
- Egypt's Ministry of Interior stated that a breach of an advertising content distributor's website had led to obscene videos being displayed on highway billboards.
- It was reported that a hack of an advertising delivery service had caused obscene videos to appear on billboards in several countries.
- The incidents in Egypt, Malaysia, and Brazil and Leakers#x27;s claim to have compromised advertising content delivery software were reported.
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