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HACKING US CROSSWALKS TO TALK LIKE ZUCK IS AS EASY AS 1234

theregister.com5 min read

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Crosswalk buttons in US cities were hacked to play AI-generated voices of tech billionaires making satirical comments. The pranks, likely accomplished through Polara's public Field Service app and default passwords (1234) on Bluetooth-connected crosswalk hardware, affected systems in Seattle and Silicon Valley.