CodeRED ransomware attack disrupts US emergency alerts
OnSolve's CodeRED emergency alert platform was hit by a ransomware attack, disrupting local emergency alert systems across the US and causing a data breach. Systems used in Pierce County and the Lehigh Valley were also affected. The CodeRED platform was shut down after the attack, and the exact scale of the breach has not been confirmed.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- OnSolve
- Incident type
- Ransomware
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Disruption of local emergency alert systems across the US and data breach
- Cause / method
- Ransomware attack
- Location
- United States
Timeline
- Disruption of emergency alert systems across the US due to a cyber-attack on CodeRED came to light.
- The disruption of local emergency alert systems was confirmed to have been caused by a ransomware attack.
- Pierce County's emergency alert system was also among those affected by the nationwide data breach.
- It emerged that the CodeRED emergency alert platform had been shut down after the cyber-attack.
- It emerged that the CodeRED alert system used in the Lehigh Valley had also been compromised.
Also affected by this incident
Pierce County emergency alert system hit by OnSolve data breach
↳ Knock-on damage from the OnSolve incident · View original incidentIn the wake of the OnSolve incident, Pierce County's emergency alert system suffered a data breach. The system was among those caught up in a nationwide data breach across the United States.
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