Cyber-attack on CodeRED emergency alert system leaks data
The CodeRED emergency alert system has been hit by a cyber-attack, raising concerns about data leaks in several parts of the US. In Colorado, the information of thousands of people may have been leaked, and counties in Northern California warned of the attack and data leak. Montague adopted a new emergency alert platform after the incident.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- CodeRED
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Possible leak of information of thousands of Colorado residents
- Cause / method
- Cyber-attack on the emergency alert system
- Location
- United States
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Timeline
- The possibility was raised that the information of thousands of Colorado residents had been leaked through a breach of the emergency alert system.
- Counties in Northern California warned of a cyber-attack on the CodeRED system and a data leak.
- Montague adopted a new emergency alert platform after the CodeRED data leak.
Also affected by this incident
Phishing messages sent to subscribers of New York State's official alert system
↳ Knock-on damage from the CodeRED incident · View original incidentNY-Alert, the official alert system of the New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services, was hacked and fraudulent phishing messages were sent to subscribers. The specific scale of the damage and the response have not been confirmed.
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