Liverpool One shopping centre screen taken over to show a security warning

A screen among the 18 digital displays run by Elonex at Liverpool One was taken over that weekend, around 29 May 2017, and showed a message about weak security, signed by "friendly neighbourhood hackers". The mall shut the screen down, and the operator called it good-natured. Security researcher Kevin Beaumont later posted images showing several screens still offline the next day, which the mall disputed, and the culprit was never identified.

Type

Screen hijack

Sector

Retail

Country

United Kingdom