Can the National Emergency Alert System be Hacked?

Oct 12, 2018

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Last Wednesday, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) performed the first successful text message test of the “Presidential” alert, a message sent to all cell phones nationwide, simultaneously.

Unlike regional AMBER alerts and weather messages, the Presidential alert does not allow citizens to opt-out. According to The Atlantic, the infrastructu…

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