Cybersecurity expert reveals how pornography ended up on a Cairo billboard

According to Gulf News, the incident reportedly occurred on Thursday, October 29, along the 26 July Corridor in Giza, in the direction of Sheikh Zayed City[2].Egypt Independent reports that Salah-Eddin, during a phone interview with "al-Hekaya," hosted by Amr Adib on MBC Masr on Saturday[1], said the Egyptian company that owns the screen had leased it to an international firm tasked with managing the advertisements displayed on it[1].The outlet reports that Salah-Eddin said the firm manages advertising screens across four countries[1] and that the breach gave the hacker remote control over the content displayed on screens in these nations, including Brazil[1]. According to Egypt Independent, he also said there is recent information circulating suggesting that the individual behind the hack is a Brazilian national[1].CNN reports that Egypt's interior ministry said "the international company's website was subjected to a cyberattack"[3] and that the breach happened "in several other countries, simultaneously."[3] According to CNN, the ministry did not identify the company[3].Gizmodo reports that the ministry said the screen belonged to local advertising firm Al Arabia United[4].The Cairo Report says a hacking group that claimed responsibility told it that it exploited a software vulnerability affecting digital advertising screens in several countries[5]. A representative of the group told The Cairo Report that "it wasn't nearly as complex an operation as many might imagine."[5]