Hackers It seems that the electric skates of the company Lime "teased" with the result that they start cursing the riders. The company, obviously annoyed, described the event as "not at all smart" and "not at all funny".
Lime's wireless electric scooters, which have flooded the world and can be found in Athens and Thessaloniki, appear to have been the victims of a humorous hacker in Brisbane, Australia. The hacker managed to modify them to reproduce inappropriate voice recordings, a hack that the company did not enjoy at all.
The voice messages heard from the e-scooters were recorded through the mobile of the phones by the users who went to use them and went up to the social media networks. In these you will hear the skates saying “Don't take me. I don't like running” (via a video on twitter from 7News Brisbane), or “If you're going to ride my ass, then please pull them hair me, OK ?”, (via a video posted on YouTube).
Skaters normally reproduce sounds when they work, for example when are unlocked. Last year, the Guardian said that a Lime skate in Oakland was scheduled to shout, "Unlock me to drive me, or I'll call the police," if anyone just bothered.
According to the company, the hacker breached their physical port files audio, locally on each skate, and did not gain access to their operating system. Eight skates in total were affected and have now been withdrawn from use.
