# Kyiv subway ad screens show Sherlock villain Moriarty images

- Date: 2016-01-15
- Location: Kyiv, Ukraine
- Type: Screen hijack
- Sector: Transit

Hackers replaced ad screens in Kyiv subway cars with images of Moriarty, the Sherlock Holmes villain, in January 2016. The metro's press service said it had not sanctioned the placement and was investigating. Coverage treated it as a playful stunt that still raised security questions.

## Sources

- [Miss Me? Witty Hackers Put Sherlock Villain Moriarty on Kyiv Subway Screens](https://globalvoices.org/2016/01/15/miss-me-witty-hackers-put-sherlock-villain-moriarty-on-kyiv-subway-screens/) (Global Voices)

Page: https://signagelist.org/incidents/2016-01-kyiv-subway-ad-screens-show-sherlock-villain/