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Crosswalk hacking explained Stale password let hackers insert fake We now know why hackers were able to take over the talking crosswalks messages from Zuckerberg and Musk BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZ Daily Post Staff Writer
on El Camino and have them air AI messages impersonating Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg. Turns out Caltrans didn’t change the PEDESTRIANS pushed this button and heard a humorous message from a fake Mark Zuckerberg. File photo.
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passwords for the crosswalks that the manufacturers set, making them vulnerable to hackers. Crosswalk signals were hacked in Palo Alto, Menlo Park and Redwood City in April. When the prank was discovered, Caltrans disabled the audio feature of
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the crosswalk device, but has since restored it. But the problem was that the password for the crosswalk signals was never changed, allowing hackers to replace the audio files with the voices of the fake Zuckerberg and Musk, accord[See CROSSWALK, page 18]
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The 49ers have a chance to go on a Super Bowl run without hitting the road again until next season. San Francisco (11-4) finishes the season with games at home against the Bears tomorrow and Seattle on Jan. 4. With wins in both of those, the 49ers would clinch home-field advantage in the NFC playoffs and would be two wins away from playing in the Super Bowl in their home stadium on Feb. 8. CHRISTIAN MCCAFFREY runs against Indianapolis Colts outside line“I think that’s obviously the reality of backer Zaire Franklin on Monday. AP photo. [See NINERS, page 18]
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CRYSTAL BALL: After the crystal ball drops on New Year’s Eve in New York City, it will rise again, sparkling in red, white and blue on July 3 to kick [See THE UPDATE, page 18]
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gation found that the new misdemeanor diversion program has also had an unintended consequence: It allows some people charged with vehicular manslaughter to keep the case off of their driving record.
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