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Emergency Alert System Insecure

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the ahoooooga-ahooooooga dept.

glebe writes "The U.S. Emergency Alert System used to issue disaster warnings and other alerts over T.V. and radio is vulnerable to spoofing and denial-of-service attacks, SecurityFocus is reporting. Apparently, 'the EAS was built without basic authentication mechanisms, and is activated locally by unencrypted low-speed modem transmissions over public airwaves.' The FCC acknowledged the security issues yesterday in a public notice seeking comment on the future of the system."

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  1. now fucking fix telecom, mr. powell. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    eom, bitch.

  2. Omod 3own by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    to look into people's faces is 0f the old going