Holy Hack, Batman!

MIT commemorated opening night of The Dark Knight Rises in the most MIT way: with a hack. The mystery assailants–channeling their inner Commissioner Gordon–illuminated the Bat-Signal on the Green Building (Building 54). Their antics were captured on Twitter.

No word yet if Batman answered the call.

This is not the first time that the Bat (or the Green Building) has been hacked. The Bat-Signal appeared on the Great Dome in April 2006 and, to coincide with the opening of The Dark Knight on July 18, 2008, the Green Building was lit-up via Bat-Signal and a large bat emblem was draped over the side of the Stata Center.

The Green Building was also hacked during Campus Preview Weekend in April when one side of the building was transformed into a canvas for the video game Tetris.

For more hacks, check out the MIT Hacks Gallery and this blog’s archive of hack-related posts.