Hijacked content platform puts obscene video on a Giza highway billboard
On 29 October a digital billboard on the 26 July axis in Giza, towards Sheikh Zayed, showed pornographic clips. Egypt's Interior Ministry said the screen belongs to an advertising firm that streams its content through a foreign provider, and that the provider's platform was breached. The firm switched its screens off while the breach was handled.
Confirmed
The ministry confirmed the provider's platform was compromised and that legal steps were taken. No attacker has been named.
What to do
- Operators of digital signage: change the content-management passwords and turn on two-step login.
- Make sure screens only play signed or approved playlists, and can be blanked remotely.
- Ask your content provider how it would tell you about a breach on its side.
Sources
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