We’re only a few weeks away from a massive test of the country’s emergency broadcast system. On Wednesday, Oct. 4 at 2:20 p.m. ET (1:20 p.m. CT), cell phones, TVs and radios across the U.S. will send ...

A planned national test of the Wireless Emergency Alerts system, which has been around since 2012, is scheduled to happen this Wednesday. But that test is also causing some conspiracy theories. Here's ...

In the event of any emergency, the Emergency Alert System is used to communicate critical information to the public in a short amount of time, normally this is used for severe weather situations, ...

Agency flags hijacks of insecure studio-to-transmitter gear after attackers pipe in fake alerts and vulgar audio Malicious ...

A Sept. 20 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows a video of a man urging people to turn off their cellphones during an upcoming test of the emergency broadcast system. “This test will be ...