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Last night, drivers in downtown Los Angeles got a message about literacy: 'Read a f*cking book.'The message came via a hacked portable LED traffic sign in Bunker Hill, LA Weekly reports.
Amen! #DTLA 4th and Hope pic.twitter.com/jl0KtLuqW3
— Daina Beth Solomon (@dainabethcita) January 9, 2015
No one is sure who hacked the sign, but it wouldn't be the first time it's happened in downtown L.A. Local electro-dance band Fartbarf once appeared on a sign, advertising a fictitious show with Hall & Oates.
