FCC requires emergency-alert distributors to secure their systems

More than a decade after a high-profile hacking campaign, the commission is moving from recommending basic security protocols ...

Brazil probes emergency warning system after nationwide rogue alert

The Brazilian National Secretariat for Civil Protection and Defense (SEDEC) and Federal Police (PF) are investigating a ...

Millions of Brazilians left confused as hackers send ‘extreme’ alert to their phones using the country’s emergency texts system — recipients say it was ‘like an anime ...

In the early hours of Saturday morning, millions of Brazilians were jolted awake by a mysterious message from the country’s ...

Hackers suspected to be behind unauthorized alert sent to cell phones across Brazil

An unauthorized alert bearing a mysterious message that was sent to cell phones in several states across Brazil on Saturday morning is suspected to be the work of hackers, the Brazilian government ...
wdef.com

An emergency alert test will sound today on all U.S. cellphones, TVs and radios. Here’s what to expect.

UNITED STATES (CBS) — Your electronic devices may alarm you today — but there’s a reason for that. A nationwide test of the federal emergency alert system will be broadcast at approximately 2:20 p.m.
KTVZ

‘We can immediately push that message’: Deschutes County tests emergency alerts, reaching 72,000 people

DESCHUTES COUNTY, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Deschutes County Sheriff's Office recently tested its emergency alert system by sending messages to 72,000 people. The system is designed to notify the public ...
Denton Record-Chronicle

Denton County residents will get test emergency alert messages in statewide drill on April 2

Denton County officials plan to test emergency alerts on April 2 as part of a statewide Emergency Alert System drill. Denton County and some of its municipalities will trigger tests for outdoor ...