Prankster sends 50 Waymo driverless taxis into closed San Francisco street

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A California Prankster has gone viral after sending 50 driverless Waymo vehicles on a closed road In san francisco,

Riley Walz, a software engineer, announced he was behind the stunt in July, which caused vehicle service to be shut down in the immediate area.

The 23 year old has According to reports, he has also been behind other viral pranks, including hacking Vice President’s JD Vance‘S spotify Playlist and a website that allows San Francisco residents to track parking enforcement police in real time.

“The plan? In the evening, 50 people went to San Francisco The longest dead-end road and everyone ordered Waymo At the same time,” Walz wrote on Tuesday on X. “World’s first: Waymo DDOS.”

DDoS stands for “distributed denial of service” and refers to a type of cyberattack that intends to impact a server’s normal traffic, as was the case with Waymo’s network.

San Francisco prankster Riley Walz admits to sending 50 Waymo driverless cars onto a closed San Francisco street

San Francisco prankster Riley Walz admits to sending 50 Waymo driverless cars onto a closed San Francisco street ,Riley Walz/X,

Walz wrote that he felt like he was “back in middle school” and claimed that the stunt was a source of delight for other drivers in the area.

“We didn’t actually get in the cars. They left after about 10 minutes and charged a $5 no show fee,” he said on social media.

“Waymo handled it well. I guess it’s not much different than if a big concert had just ended. After all, they disabled all rides around 2 blocks until morning.”

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He added: “Everyone was giddy, and cheered when the second car arrived. There were probably 3 or 4 real drivers – everyone laughed and just drove off.”

Walz explained that his intention was to create a 'Waymo DDoS' – which means 'distributed denial of service' and refers to a type of cyberattack intended to impact the normal traffic of a server.

Walz explained that his intention was to create a ‘Waymo DDoS’ – which means ‘distributed denial of service’ and refers to a type of cyberattack intended to impact the normal traffic of a server. ,Riley Walz/X,

Independent Waymo has been contacted for comment on the stunt.

The Waymo incident isn’t Walz’s first tech-based prank to cause a stir online. Last month they launched a website that allows visitors to keep track of parking attendants and their activities vehicles,

Walz wrote at the time, “I have reverse engineered the San Francisco parking ticket system. I can see every ticket seconds after it was written.” “So I made a website. Find my friends? Avoid the parking police.”

The site was taken down by authorities after only four hours, although Walz later claimed he had found a “workaround” to bring it back online.

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