Silicon Valley crosswalk buttons apparently hacked to imitate Musk, Zuck voices
a year ago
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- Crosswalk buttons in mid-Peninsula cities (Redwood City, Menlo Park, Palo Alto) were hacked to play messages imitating Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk.
- Messages included Zuckerberg joking about AI dominance and Musk making controversial statements like 'cancer is awesome' and offering Cybertrucks for friendship.
- Palo Alto disabled voice announcements at 12 intersections after identifying the hack, which may have occurred on Friday.
- Redwood City and Menlo Park are investigating, with no immediate response from Caltrans or Menlo Park officials.
- Residents reported mixed experiences—some heard the messages, others found buttons silent or malfunctioning as usual.
- Meta and Tesla did not comment, while Palo Alto assured other traffic signals were unaffected.