Security News > 2019 > June > Emergency Presidential Alerts can be spoofed, researchers warn

Spurred by the panic-inducing fake alarm about an inbound ballistic missile received by Hawaii residents in January 2018, a group of researchers from University of Colorado Boulder wanted to check whether attackers could spoof Presidential Alerts, which are delivered to all capable phones in the United States via the Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) program. As it turns out, it’s possible, although quite a lot of effort is required to target just a small subset of … More → The post Emergency Presidential Alerts can be spoofed, researchers warn appeared first on Help Net Security.

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