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Hackers target Belgium's largest digital billboard

20:49 28/12/2015

Brussels' iconic digital billboard at Place de Brouckère, Belgium's largest, was hacked for a short time at the weekend, displaying a troll face instead of the usual Coca-Cola logo, reports Brusselnieuws.

A film first took over the immense screen, showing an English-speaking duo entering the building and climbing onto the roof where the billboard is located. “We've been preparing something. We're going to try it out right now,” they say in the film.

In the following images, a hacker triumphantly looks up at the Coca-Cola billboard, which has been replaced by a large troll face. Finally, the Coca-Cola logo reappears, but with a pair of breasts incorporated into the image.

News of the hack immediately went viral on Facebook and Twitter, and the Sudpresse newspapers even made the hackers' film available online.

The City of Brussels confirms the incident, and it will file a complaint against unknown persons.

Written by Robyn Boyle