Baghdad shuts advertising screens after porn screening

A shut advertisement screen at the Uqba Bin Nafia square in Baghdad on Aug 20, 2023. Iraqi authorities ordered the shutdown of LED advertisement screens installed across Baghdad after a hacker managed to show a pornographic film on one, security forces said on Aug 20, announcing the arrest of a suspect. — AFP

BAGHDAD: Iraqi authorities on Aug 20 ordered the shutdown of LED advertisement screens installed across Baghdad after a hacker managed to show a pornographic film on one, security forces said, announcing the arrest of a suspect.

On Saturday evening, “a person managed to hack into an advertising screen in Uqba bin Nafia Square”, a major intersection at the centre of the Iraqi capital, a security source who requested anonymity told AFP.