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Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. Emergency messages sent via the Emergency Alert System over TV, radio and cable networks could be exploited because of technological ...

FEMA is working with the FCC to send out a nationwide test of the emergency alert system. The test was held on Wednesday, October 4 at about 2:20 p.m. EST, alerting phones, TVs and radios. Cell phones ...

(WHTM) – Anyone with a cellphone in the United States will hear an alarm go off on their device on October 4. The message on all consumer phones will read “THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless ...

ATLANTA — Come Oct. 4, there’s no need to be alarmed. Next Wednesday is a scheduled test of the U.S.’ Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency Alerts. The two alert systems will undergo a test to ...

A mock emergency scenario video uploaded to YouTube in 2022 is circulating with the false claim that it shows a nuclear warning broadcast across multiple U.S. states in mid-February. The U.S. agency ...