[THIN] OT: Wednesday Humor - Burger King Drive Thru Hacked
- From: "Greg Reese" <GReese@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 09:23:30 -0500
Enjoy!
Greg
From silicon.com:
http://www.silicon.com/software/security/0,39024655,39117752,00.htm
Hackers tell man he's "too fat" to eat at Burger King
Will Sturgeon
silicon.com
January 13, 2004
A junk-food fan was left shocked and upset recently when his order at a Burger
King drive-thru was declined on the grounds that he was "too fat".
The man ordered at the speaker but was told by the voice on the other end of
the intercom: "You don't need a couple of Whoppers. You are too fat." He was
then told to drive on.
While he may at first have assumed it was a member of staff at the Troy,
Michigan, Burger King who had grown tired of being in gainful employment, the
source of the abuse is actually believed to be a group of malicious pranksters
who hacked into the wireless frequency of the drive-thru's intercom service.
Some consumers were told the restaurant had no food or drink, while others were
subjected to profanities, according to a report on the Click On Detroit
website.
The group are believed to be operating somewhere in the vicinity of the
restaurant and have been abusing diners since late last week. Burger King staff
are currently trying to change the frequency of the intercom system to avoid
further embarrassment.
It appears the authorities do not see the funny side of the prank, however. If
caught, the tech-savvy miscreants face up to three months in prison under
Michigan's misdemeanor laws.
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