Hacked tornado sirens taken offline in two Texas cities ahead of major storm

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https://www.zdnet.com/article/hacked-tornado-sirens-taken-offline-in-two-texas-cities-ahead-of-major-storm/

By Catalin Cimpanu
Zero Day
ZDNet News
March 18, 2019

A hacker set off the tornado emergency sirens in the middle of the night last
week across two North Texas towns. Following the unauthorized intrusion, city
authorities had to shut down their emergency warning system a day before major
storms and potential tornados were set to hit the area.

The incident impacted DeSoto and Lancaster, two cities in Dallas County, Texas
--both suburbs located south of the main Dallas metropolitan area.

On the night of March 12, between 02:30 and 04:00 AM (local time), a hacker set
off the two cities' tornado sirens, waking locals in the middle of the night.

Over 30 sirens went on and off, with 10 in DeSoto and 20 in Lancaster.

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