“Oh baby oh baby oh baby”
Roughly 8 Lime scooters in Brisbane, Australia have been reported as hacked. The hackers, rather than do anything malicious, hacked the voice boxes to replace their normal lines with something of a more sexual nature. Lime is, naturally, not happy about it.
That’s not the only video, though. 7NEWS Brisbane news posted a video of a whole row of the things going off at the same time. Not to mention one someone else uploaded of what happens when you end a ride with one.
Lime publc affairs manager Nelson Savanh made a statement on the hacked scooters to the Brisbane Times:
We are aware that eight Lime scooters in Brisbane have had their audio files changed by vandals recording over the existing audio file with inappropriate and offensive speech. It’s not smart, it’s not funny and is akin to changing a ringtone.
Nelson Savanh
You know what? I agree with him. It’s not funny.
It’s hilarious.
Regardless, they’re taking it seriously, since Lime is still running under a trial basis in Brisbane. And it’s not the first hurdle they’ve had in the city, either. In January, they had some trouble with wheels locking up, sending riders flying over the handlebars. Some even wound up with broken bones and stitches, before Lime patched the problem. That’s not even touching the amount of damage a hacker could do with access to the more important parts of the scooter’s operating system. Granted, Lime doesn’t operate that model of scooter, but the possibility might be there.
Source: Gizmodo
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