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FCC sounds alarm after emergency tones turned into potty-mouthed radio takeover

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

Why millions of phones started blaring on Wednesday

WASHINGTON — Around 2:20 p.m. Eastern Time (or a little closer to 2:18 p.m. Eastern) on Wednesday, Oct. 4, millions of cellphones, TVs and radios across the country sent out an alert as part of a ...
Big Island Now

Monthly statewide siren test, audio broadcast segment is scheduled for Monday

The monthly test of the all-hazard statewide Outdoor Siren Warning System, along with the live audio broadcast segment of the ...
The Courier-Journal

Massive emergency alert test scheduled to hit your phone on Wednesday. Here's what to know

Get ready to not freak out. On Wednesday, October 4 at 2:20 p.m. ET, every TV, radio and cellphone in the United States should blare out the distinctive, jarring electronic warning tone of an ...