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

- Date: 2017-05-29
- Location: Liverpool, England, UK
- Type: Screen hijack
- Sector: Retail

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.

## Sources

- [Hackers hijack Liverpool billboard](https://silicon.co.uk/security/hackers-billboard-liverpool-213417/amp) (Silicon)
- [Hackers target digital signage in Liverpool, England](https://www.digitalsignagetoday.com/news/hackers-target-digital-signage-in-liverpool-england/) (Digital Signage Today)
- [Friendly neighborhood hackers spoof digital billboard local mall](https://thenextweb.com/news/friendly-neighborhood-hackers-spoof-digital-billboard-local-mall) (The Next Web)

Page: https://signagelist.org/incidents/2017-05-liverpool-one-shopping-centre-screen-taken-over/