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

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

All consumer cell phones and radio and TV stations will receive a test message on Wednesday at approximately 2:20 p.m. from the Emergency Alert System, or EAS, and Wireless Emergency Alert, WEA. The ...

The emergency alert test is scheduled to last approximately one minute and will be conducted with the participation of radio and television broadcasters, cable systems, satellite radio and television ...

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Hackers have been hijacking US radio transmission equipment to air bogus emergency tones and offensive material, according to ...

The Boy Who Cried Wolf is a simple parable that teaches children the fatal risk of raising a false alarm. To do so is to risk one’s life when raising the alarm about a real emergency that may go duly ...

A sketch by late-night host Jimmy Kimmel about the presidential alert system has resulted in a costly fine. ABC, which is owned by the Walt Disney Company, will pay nearly $400,000 to the Federal ...

A nationwide test of emergency alert systems is scheduled for early October. Although it is only a routine test of systems designed to inform the public about incoming threats, the alerts can still be ...

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