Breaches and incidents
Egypt (Giza): digital advertising screen hijacked via breach of an international ad platform’s website
Egypt’s Ministry of Interior said security monitoring detected a breach of a digital advertising screen on a road in Giza that broadcast unauthorized footage.
- Disclosed
- Verification
- Checked against a primary source
What happened
- Egypt’s Ministry of Interior said security monitoring detected a breach of a digital advertising screen on a road in Giza that broadcast unauthorized footage; the screen belonged to an advertising company contracted with an international firm to show its ads.
- Root cause per the ministry: “electronic intrusion” of the international company’s website, which let the footage appear on the Giza screen and on similar screens in several other (unnamed) countries at the same time.
- No attacker named.
- The company took technical measures to stop broadcasting on its screens until the breach is resolved, and the ministry said legal procedures were taken; no arrests mentioned.