RUN!!! Nazi zombies invade Austin TX.....

[ABikerSailor]

Construction signs warn
of zombies
Hackers change public safety message

AUSTIN (KXAN) - Austin drivers making their morning commute were in for a surprise when two road signs on a busy stretch of road were taken over by hackers. The signs near the intersection of Lamar and Martin Luther King boulevards usually warn drivers about upcoming construction, but Monday morning they warned of "zombies ahead."

"I thought it was pretty funny," said University of Texas sophomore Jane Shin, who saw the signs while driving down Lamar Bouelvard with friends Sunday night. "We wondered who did it."

The City of Austin does not own the signs, but they are responsible for the message. The contractor on the construction project owns the signs. A city spokesperson said the hacked messages were only up for a few hours, until the construction project manager saw them during his morning commute and immediately ordered them to be changed back.

"Even though this may seem amusing to a lot of people, this is really serious, and it is a crime," said Austin Public Works spokesperson Sara Hartley. "And you can be indicted for it, and we want to make sure our traffic on the roadways stays safe."

Hartley said though it was a locked sign, the padlock for it was cut. Signs such as these have a computer inside that is password-protected.

"And so they had to break in and hack into the computer to do it, so they were pretty determined," said Hartley.

This crime is a class C misdemeanor in Texas, and Hartley said it endangers the public.

"The big problem is public safety," said Hartley. "Those signs are out there to help our traffic on the roadway to stay safe and to know what's coming up."

KXAN Austin News cameras caught many drivers slowing down to read the signs as they approached. Some read, "Zombies ahead! Run for your lives!"

Hartley said the city will discuss more secure safety measures with the manufacturer of the signs.

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Road signs warn of zombies | KXAN.com

 

[user_name_guest]

Left 4 Dead is a training tool to prepare young and adult males for possible combat against the zombie infection.

 

[Enigma]

That's hilarious!

 

[ABikerSailor]

All ya really gotta remember is to destroy their brains.......

Didn't anyone watch Shaun of the Dead?

 

[DiamondDave]

That's priceless

 

[ABikerSailor]

Assault rifle...........1,000 dollars.

Baseball bat............50 dollars.

Big Bowie knife........30 dollars

Snacks for the fight.....20 dollars

Blowing the head off your first zombie? Priceless.

 

[user_name_guest]

All ya really gotta remember is to destroy their brains.......

Didn't anyone watch Shaun of the Dead?

Don't pull a Plaxico (Burress). Make sure to shoot them, not yourself.

 

[Missourian]

Be prepared: Zombie Survival & Defense Wiki - Zombie Survival & Defense Wiki

 

[garyd]

Abiker that was far and away the best post of your career here.

Blowin' the head of your firt Zombie priceless.

Oh Gawd my side hurts from laughing so hard.

 

[strollingbones]

i love me a good zombie movie...hell are there bad zombie movies....how funny...had i seen the sign i would have done a 180 and gone home...

shaun of the dead is great.....so was dawn of the dead...

we're going to the mall....

 

[dilloduck]

I've lived in Austin 33 years now----I can't believe there is a single person around who doesn't already know we have about 40,000 Zombies who go to UT every year and some older ones who fried their brains on drugs ages ago and don't have a clue as to who they are.

( got fresh blood ?)

 

[indago]

[ame=http://youtube.com/watch?v=IoXgRtDysLY]LOOKING BACK[/ame]

 

[xsited1]

Actual picture of the zombies:

 

[dilloduck]

Actual picture of the zombies:

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yup---those are the ones I was tellin ya about !

 

[random3434]

If they are NAZI ZOMBIES does this mean sunni boy will say they never happened?

 

[random3434]

No wait, he likes those. He would say that if they were Jewish Zombies!

 

[dilloduck]

If they are NAZI ZOMBIES does this mean sunni boy will say they never happened?

Probably but our zombies are so freakin liberal that everything in town is illegal.
The zombies would run Hitler and his gang outta town.

 

[dilloduck]

No wait, he likes those. He would say that if they were Jewish Zombies!

Now we DO have the Michael Dell gang here but they hang out by themselves and don't mess with anyone.

 

[Modbert]

Watch out President Obama, it's a zombie!

Oh wait, it's just John McCain.

 

[dilloduck]

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Watch out President Obama, it's a zombie!

Oh wait, it's just John McCain.

We've had both those Zombies in Austin too !