Activists Take Over The Big Screen in Manchester England

At 12am April 1st, a group of "hactivists" and concerned public citizens infiltrated and hijacked the largest outdoor led screen in the north of England in Manchester for an April Fools day insurrection. The screen - all 7 stories of it, was subverted to display a different message to the 300,000 commuters that allegedly see the advertisements daily. The intervention stayed for 24 hours costing the fat cats over £30,000 of lost revenues..."The Dead Peasants

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Entertainment

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• England
• Manchester
• WoosterCollective
• Actvists

[cswatch]

this is stupid. you didnt lose anybody money you idiots, you just drew more attention to the billboard and ads. now this retarded video is posted on youtube, and now the world can see these ads. I fail to see the point.

[manc1275]

So lets get this straight... looks like they 'hacked' the screen by breaking in and pulling out wires??? Call me old school, but that's kinda like hacking into someone's cellphone account by mugging them...

[nightowlart]

nice work guys this is great shit.

[01arttra10]

The prank was fixed by day break.

[jtms9]

? okey let me get this... they hacked the comp that runs this? or did they went on and started hammering different part of the screen from the back... *

[express375]

Good job,I'd have wrote something else?