'Hackers' takeover San Francisco traffic signs

It would almost seem that this was financed through Warner Brothers as some type of promotion for the Godzilla release today.


Photo credit: Ali Wunderman


According to SFGate, that is not the case; Paul Indelicato owns Pacific Highway Rentals and provides the message boards to the city. Apparently this one was set up to warn drivers about street delays for this Sunday’s Bay to Breakers race.


Photo credit: Ali Wunderman

“It kind of fits with the theme,” he said. “We kind of smiled at each other when we got the phone call this morning.”

The pranksters changed the sign a second time as seen below. Indelicato sent an employee over to change the lock and fix the sign, which he said doesn’t require a tech genius to hack.