Hasta La Gadget!

Commuters on the road in Austin were in for an interesting surprise yesterday morning, as hackers took over two road signs and changed the usual traffic-related messages to warn of zombies instead, according to Austin News. A city spokesperson said in the report the hacked messages were only up for a few hours—and that someone had to cut a padlock and break into a password-protected computer inside in order to change the messages.

“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 in the report. “And you can be indicted for it, and we want to make sure our traffic on the roadways stays safe.”

“I thought it was pretty funny,” said University of Texas sophomore Jane Shin, who saw the signs on Lamar Boulevard, in the article. “We wondered who did it.”