Drivers may have gotten a chuckle out of an
electronic message board in Maine warning of zombies, but city
officials were not amused.
The sign at a Portland road construction site was
changed by a hacker to read "Warning Zombies Ahead!" on Wednesday
morning. It originally read "Night work 8pm-6am. Expect
delays."
City spokeswoman Nicole Clegg says the signs are
a safety precaution and changing it could have led to driver
distraction.
She tells The Portland Press Herald
tampering with a safety device is a misdemeanour punishable by up
to a year in jail and a US$1,000 fine.
She says it's not clear who changed the sign, but
it's not the first time it has happened.
