Long Beach emergency alert system down for a month after cyberattack
The City of Long Beach's emergency alert system was knocked out by a cyberattack. As of December 9, 2025, the system had not been operating for the past month, and whether it has been restored and the response have not been confirmed.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- City of Long Beach
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Emergency alert system out of service for about a month
- Cause / method
- Cyberattack
- Location
- United States
Timeline
- The City of Long Beach's emergency alert system was confirmed to have been down for the past month due to a cyberattack.
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The City of Long Beach, California, was hit by a cyberattack in 2023, took city systems offline and declared a state of emergency. The city council moved to hold a closed session to discuss the threat to public services. In April 2025, it was reported that about 500,000 people were affected.
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