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Mystery hacker turns Dallas emergency sirens into Spongebob theme song for an hour

Popkin
Dec 09, 2025
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Mr. Squarepants (file photo)

A hacker with a sense of fun hijacked Dallas’s tornado sirens during a test, making them play the classic theme from SpongeBob SquarePants. Nobody knows who did this or why, but the internet loves it. Maybe the hacker just wanted to feel like they were living in Bikini Bottom for a few minutes.

From Instagram:

“A hacker broke i…

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