'I don't like to be ridden': Lime hire scooters have audio function hacked to say sexually suggestive things to riders
- Lime scooters have been filmed saying sexually suggestive phrases to users
- The messages have been found on at least eight scooters in Brisbane
- Lime said the hacking was not funny and the devices have been removed
Lime Scooters have left several users in shock after a virus forced the voice function on the transportation device to transmit sexual messages to its users.
The hack has affected at least eight scooters in Brisbane, with the company deciding to remove the hacked devices from the streets.
Multiple people recording the malfunctioning scooters playing the offensive messages when they log in to use them.
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'Ok, if you're going to ride my a**e then please pull my hair, ok?' Said one of the devices.
'Don't take me around, because I don't like to be ridden,' was another message played through the scooter.
'No, where you go?' was played to one user when they stopped riding it.
'We are aware eight Lime scooters in Brisbane have had their audio files changed by vandals recording over the existing audio file with inappropriate and offensive speech,' Nelson Savanh, Lime's public affairs manager for Queensland, said to the Brisbane Times.
'It's not smart, it's not funny and is akin to changing a ringtone,' they said.
Several people have posted videos online of the scooters relaying sexually suggestive messages such as: 'Ok, if you're going to ride my arse then please pull my hair, OK?'
Several people have posted videos online of the scooters relaying the sexually suggestive messages.
The scooters, which are still running on a trial basis in Brisbane, experienced problems earlier this year when the front wheels locked unexpectedly.
As a result, several people fell off the scooters while they were moving and seriously injured themselves.
One man suffered injuries to his face so severe he needed pins inserted to his cheek bone and fractured his sinus.
Lime was ordered to fix the issue by Brisbane City Council.
The scooters, which are still running on a trail basis in Brisbane, experienced problems earlier this year when the front wheels locked unexpectedly
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