Austin - Someone with time to kill caused a few double-takes among motorists passing a busy Austin intersection this week.
Electronic signs intended to warn motorists of construction near the intersection of Lamar and Martin Luther King Boulevards were changed Wednesday to warn of "Zombies ahead! Run for your lives!" The two signs are about a half-mile west of the University of Texas at Austin.
The message was displayed for only a few hours, said Sara Hartley, an Austin Public Works spokeswoman. "It's sort of amusing, but not at all helpful," she told FOXNews.com.
The hackers cut a padlock to get into the signs' computers, she said. The stunt is a Class C misdemeanor punishable by a $500, fine she told an Austin TV station.
In the meantime, if you're driving in Austin, you can rest assured: There are no zombies ahead
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