"Emergency Alert Systems Used Across the US Can Be Easily Hijacked"

Bastille researchers have discovered that emergency alert systems supplied by ATI systems are vulnerable to an attack in which warning sirens are activated and alarms are falsely triggered. The vulnerability emerges because the radio protocol used to control warning sirens lack encryption. This article continues to discuss the vulnerability in relation to how it can be exploited, the potential impacts of this exploitation, and fixes for this type of vulnerability.

Help Net Security reports "Emergency Alert Systems Used Across the US Can Be Easily Hijacked"