Hackers Break Into Disney Network - Toy Story Midway Mania Changed To Shrek

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Wow! It seems like no network is safe from hackers these days! This article was posted to the Orange County Register www.ocregister.com this evening:

Hackers Change Software at Disneyland "Toy Story" Ride

Anaheim, California - Disneyland guests on the Toy Story Midway Mania ride at Disney's California Adventure received quite a surprise today. Thinking they were playing video games with Woody, Buzz and Jessie, guests were surprised when character images transformed into Shrek, Fiona and Puss & Boots.

Disney spokesman Michael Myers said that Russian hackers gained access to the Disney network when an employee inadvertently downloaded a trojan virus file. The file allowed hackers to obtain passwords of developers who program the Toy Story Midway Mania ride. From there the hackers changed the resource files which contained images of the Toy Story characters. Further, audio source files were also changed which resulted in Shrek's Scottish brogue voice being substituted for Woody's western drawl.

Guests on the ride saw pies hitting the face of the Shrek and Donkey characters among other things. Cast Members were confused by the guest reports of Shrek characters and it took a full 30 minutes to shut the ride down.

Disney Imagineer Ed Murphy arrived shortly thereafter to load a backup file and reboot the system. Cast Member leads Anton Banderas and Cam Diaz were the first to test the software fix and verify that the ride was again operating properly.

Imagineer Ed Murphy was available for comment later in the day. He said Disney network experts traced the trojan virus to the Russian city of Farfara Way. The virus was purged from the Disney network using a new software product from security expert Norton called Happily Ever After.

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April 1, 2010
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Aren't you a little early there :rotfl:

Well, for us west coasters I mean, lol. It's still March!
 

haha, makes no sense to me, i knew it from the start... why would TSMM be connected to the internet anyways??? :P
 
At first, I thought it was talking about playing from the internet. Then I couldn't figure out why the ride would be online. :upsidedow

Last night I even prepared myself for the online jokes that I knew I would run in to today. But I just got up and haven't had my coffee yet. :rotfl2:
 
:lmao::lmao:

Thanks for the laughs! :rotfl2:

Over on the WDW boards, someone posted an April Fools joke that they are going to close down all 4 parks because Obama and his family are going to visit. Many people took it seriously and/or cannot take a joke! Thank goodness for some humor once in a while over here on the DLR boards! :thumbsup2
 
You got me. Wow I'm slow.:rotfl:

Don't feel bad, I was believing it too until it got to the part about CMs Cam and Anton! :laughing:

Thanks for reminding me that it's April Fool's Day, now I can be on high alert for any other practical jokes!
 
Sorry! You didn't slip it by me.:rotfl2: The very second I saw the thread title, I thought, "Oh...April Fool's joke...I bet no one will fall for it." The only reason I even opened up the thread was to see who bought into it!!:rotfl2::rotfl2:
 
Sorry! You didn't slip it by me.:rotfl2: The very second I saw the thread title, I thought, "Oh...April Fool's joke...I bet no one will fall for it." The only reason I even opened up the thread was to see who bought into it!!:rotfl2::rotfl2:
Dog gone it! YOU were the one I was most hoping to fool. ;)

Honestly I was doubtful this would fool anyone. Guess I did a better job than I thought! :laughing:
 



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