Both agencies warned that software and equipment vulnerabilities could allow hackers to transmit fake emergency messages or disrupt real ones. FCC Cyber Threats Emergency Response Homeland Security ...

(WHTM) – Anyone with a cellphone in the United States will hear an alarm go off on their device on October 4. The message on all consumer phones will read “THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless ...

FEMA US Homeland Security Citizen and Immigration Services Flyer Closeup Hackers can use the U.S. Emergency Alert System to issue TV, radio and cable network alerts if encoder and decoder device ...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) warned that attackers could exploit critical security vulnerabilities in unpatched Emergency Alert System (EAS) encoder/decoder devices to send fake emergency ...

ATLANTA — Come Oct. 4, there’s no need to be alarmed. Next Wednesday is a scheduled test of the U.S.’ Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency Alerts. The two alert systems will undergo a test to ...

The FCC has proposed new rules to bolster the security of the nation’s emergency alerting system (EAS) but some experts think the adoption of next-generation technology could help even more. In ...