Skullphone's Clear Channel billboards not hax0r3d, actually pa1d for
By Joshua Topolsky 
posted March 26th 2008 2:54PM
posted March 26th 2008 2:54PM
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disappointing.
i dont think its that disappointing. in fact, i dont believe it!
think about it, its just like the government, they no longer tell people that they didnt see aliens, just that it wasnt aliens but something else.
its all about the misdirection.
clear channel is probably just saying that he really paid for it so they dont look like morons who couldnt secure their shizz from h4x0r5
Are you kidding? How is that dissappointing?
This guy got WAY more advertising than he paid the 1 day fee for. It was viewed as a publicity stunt and posted on most major tech sites!
Kudos to this guy, even if he wasn't selling a damn thing.
Correction: Looks like they do sell completely random items.
Great advertising scheme. It definitely was a success.
@ Teetdogs: "are your just dumb?"
The irony is killing me.
@zak: "The irony is killing me."
...says the guy replying in the wrong thread.
Disappointing indeed. There goes my 2girls1cup dream =[
:P *see other article*
it just appears that he wanted to get the brand out there, and it worked.... though in trying to say "oh look I hacked them" and then to find out it was paid advertising, must have cost a fortune.
look out for skull hoodies etc coming to a store near you....
I don't know. In one way it is disappointing. Here I am thinking it's something akin to Banksy but with modern tools, when really it's an advertisement. It's still cool, but it would have been SO much cooler if it had been one man hacking the system, making modern-day graffiti on a digital sign. It would have been l33t x's3 but instead I just find it to be slightly intelligent and innovative.
TIME TO TAR AND FEATHER
no way
ya wai!
where do i buy a skullphone.
@Matt: Maybe: http://shopskullphone.com/Scripts/
but can it play doom?
Is that the only comment you know how to make. Or do you actually think it's funny? Or are your just dumb?
My guess is number 3
I choose 4
Yeah, what up man? are YOUR just dumb? Do you not know how to make grammatics and spell and stuff?
I have failed the interweb.
I am the walrus.
I am going to put m ram in your C Drive.
I'd hit it.
Anyone who bought his/her merchandise due to this ad should return or cancel their order.
Also, I realize that this is a blog and not a newspaper, but linking to another blog's article based on "a source" with no affiliation is not good journalism. Attempting to contact Clear Channel and Skullphone would be a positive step.
Cudos to doom!
On a side note, 7up sucks. I am drinking it now, it tastes like nothing. Choose sprite instead
sprite is sugary rubbish. juice + sparkling water ftw
yeah really...where'd you learn how to read? video games? "All your Doom are belong to us!"
That just killed his street cred :P
I wonder how much he had to pay Clear Channel to kill his own cred. You know CC wouldn't go along unless it was a butt-load of cash.
Unless Mills is right and it's disinformation.
...and I bought stocks with that tip!
this is as bad as avril lavigne being "punk".
common misconception, Avril is a punk, but she is not punk.
and a hot non-punk
Tasty
gimme a slice
Yeah... that makes me sad. Hell, i have a huge mohawk and listen to punk, and i STILL don't consider myself punk, because, well, i'm not. I like the music, and i have the hair, but there's a lot more to being punk than that, and Avril doesn't have any of it! :(
-Taylor
I somewhat suspected as much. The CC WAN (although large) is fairly secure. I don't even believe they have the billboard network directly connected to the WAN.
I never thought I'd say this but I can't trust Skullphone anymore... sniff
for shame
My point from the previous story remains valid.
BEST HACK EVER = Clear Channel billboards hacked to display Sirius and XM logos.
Sadly, it will probably never see the light of day.
You could try paying to get it up there, but I have a feeling they wouldn't let you.
what was the motivation for paying for it? I'm curious if this might not have been a real hack that's being covered up to inhibit other people from attempting the same thing.
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4 - Acerguy is a totally useless twat who laughs at his own jokes thinking they're funny.
I would have to choose number 4 too.
phail
Mr. Block,
Perhaps I could entice you to investigate a little further and see if we can get an estimate on how much it cost SkullPhone(y) for this backfiring PR-move?
I'm just dying to know how much it cost to try and artificially inflate market perception. There's a clever Mastercard parody that ends with "Getting busted and Plastered all over Engadget: Priceless"
~A
hey they got some publicity... MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!
damn rich gangsters. >_
What the...? What's with the disappointment?!?! I think it's a brilliant joke hehehe. He DID get his graffiti on those panels. And all of us talking about it.
Come on, the guy's a street artist, NOT a hax0r. If he were trying to pass off as one I'd agree that this prank wouldn't do much good for his credibility, but as it is... I'm thinking GTA IV-style invading enemy gang turf with my tags on every screen visible from the street [^_^]
you have to realize that clear channel could just be using some quick action PR to try and stop an on onslaught of people trying to hack their billboards now.
i mean if a security breach was pointed out in one of your products to the entire internet, wouldn't you go run some damage control?
until the validity of this "source" can prove anything, i wouldn't take this as more than a PR move.
Umm... Am I the only one who thought of this or do you think that ClearChannel is just saying they paid for it so every thinks they didn't get hacked? Hmmm...
No... you're not the only one. Some 20 people ahead of you already said the same thing. Thanks for showing up late to the party...
Oh sorry, Should refresh the page before I comment. Had this opened in my last tab of my RSS reader. Sorry :)
grats
phOWNED!!!!111onehundredeleven!!11one