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Cybersecurity expert reveals how pornography ended up on a Cairo billboard

Egypt Independent1 November 2026, 11:22 UTCEgypt

Cybersecurity expert Haitham Salah-Eddin revealed that the breach of a digital advertising display management system in Cairo, which resulted in the broadcast of pornographic content, was the result of a cyberattack targeting the international company responsible for managing the advertising content – rather than a breach of the physical billboard itself. During a phone interview … The post Cybersecurity expert reveals how pornography ended up on a Cairo billboard appeared first on Egypt Independent.

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