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“Huge flaw” threatens US emergency alert system, DHS researcher warns

Enlarge / Obstruction light with bokeh city background The US Department of Homeland Security is warning of vulnerabilities in the nation’s emergency broadcast network that makes it possible for hackers to issue bogus warnings over radio and TV stations. “We recently became aware of certain vulnerabilities in EAS encoder/decoder devices that, if not updated to… Read More »