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posted by martyb on Thursday October 06 2016, @06:53AM   Printer-friendly
from the shoulda-played-Tetris,-instead dept.

Indonesian police have arrested a man accused of hacking into a public billboard in Jakarta and streaming a pornographic film.

The 24-year-old IT analyst has admitted the crime, said police, for which he could face up to six years in jail.

Motorists were left in shock last week when footage from a Japanese porn film was displayed on an electronic screen in south Jakarta.

The video ran for five minutes on Friday before power was eventually cut.

However the clip had already been captured on many mobile phones and soon spread across social media.

The man, who was arrested in his office, allegedly carried out the prank after seeing login details displayed on the billboard.

Now that's a hack!


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  • (Score: 2) by HiThere on Thursday October 06 2016, @07:28PM

    by HiThere (866) Subscriber Badge on Thursday October 06 2016, @07:28PM (#411215) Journal

    It *wasn't* graceless. It was just using an axe rather than a knife. Originally the thing was you use the tools you've got available, and then it developed its own aesthetic. If it hadn't, it would never have been applied to computer code.

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