Hacker hacked Google Maps, showed traffic jam on empty way

Hackers are now committing hacking attacks to make fun of people. Simon Weckert, an artist from Berlin, hacked Google Maps with the help of 99 second-hand smartphones. After which Google Maps started to show absolutely clear routes as heavy traffic.

Let us tell you that Google collects data of slow-moving or heavy traffic to convey the correct information of traffic to the users. For this, they access the mobile of users traveling in a particular area, who are using Google Maps. In such a situation, Simon has messed up with this process of Google telling traffic.

This is how Google Maps is hacked

In a small hand trolley, Simon placed 99 smartphones, after which he turned on Google Maps in all. On an empty street, Simon strolled with a trolley full of smartphones. In such a situation, Google's system could not understand this prank and started saying that the empty road is heavy traffic. Although no one has suffered much from this prank, the users using Maps have changed their route.