Emergency Alert System
Did you hear it? FEMA just ran its first nationwide test of the U.S. emergency alert system since the pandemic. The Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, tested both the…
Testing, testing. Is this emergency warning system on? The Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, just buzzed every television and radio in the U.S. with its latest test of the…
LTE flaws let hackers ‘easily’ spoof presidential alerts
Security vulnerabilities in LTE can allow hackers to “easily” spoof presidential alerts sent to mobile phones in the event of a national emergency. Using off-the-shelf equipment and open-source software, a…
Presidential alerts we really hope Trump won’t send…
Move over Twitter, President Trump now has the power to send every phone in the land a simultaneous message — thanks to the new “presidential alert”, tested by FEMA yesterday. What’s…
FEMA just sent a ‘Presidential Alert’ to millions of U.S. phones
Millions of Americans were sent a “Presidential Alert” to their phones today as a test to simulate a real message from the president in a national emergency. At 2:18pm ET,…
FEMA to send its first ‘Presidential Alert’ in emergency messaging system test
The Federal Emergency Management Agency will next month test a new “presidential alert” system that will allow the president to send a message to every phone in the US. The…
