Phishing messages sent to subscribers of New York State's official alert system
SpilloverSpillover from the CodeRED incident · View original incident →NY-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.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services
- Original incident
- Cyber-attack on CodeRED emergency alert system leaks data
- Incident type
- Phishing & smishing
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Not confirmed
- Cause / method
- Phishing messages sent via a hack of the official alert system
- Location
- United States
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Timeline
- It emerged that fraudulent messages had been sent after New York State's official alert system was hacked.
- It emerged that phishing messages had been sent to NY-Alert subscribers.
Original incident
This is spillover from the CodeRED incident.
Cyber-attack on CodeRED emergency alert system leaks data
Impact: Possible leak of information of thousands of Colorado residents
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.
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