BEFORE BEING BOOKED INTO JAIL. FOUR COUNTIES ARE REPORTING THEIR EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM WAS HACKED. OFFICIALS IN YUBA, SUTTER, NEVADA AND GLENN COUNTIES SAY THE CODE RED SYSTEM EXPERIENCED A CYBER ATTACK AND SUBSEQUENT OUTAGE. USER DATA MAY HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED, INCLUDING NAMES, ADDRESSES, PHONE NUMBERS AND PASSWORDS, AND PEOPLE WHO USE THE SAME PASSWORDS FOR OTHER ACCOUNTS SHOULD CHANGE THEM IMMEDIATELY. DESPITE THE OUTAGE, THE FOUR COUNTIES SAY THEY COULD STILL SEND OUT EMERGENCY ALERT NOTIFICATIONS THROUGH OTHER SYST
Northern California counties warn of CodeRED alert system cyberattack, data leak
An emergency notification system was the target of a cyberattack that exposed users’ personal data, and several Northern California agencies were affected. CodeRED, an emergency alert system used by counties, law enforcement and other agencies to warn citizens of active incidents. On Nov. 10, the company said it experienced a national outage that was the result of a cybersecurity incident. Users’ names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers and associated passwords were accessed.Users who may use the same passwords for other websites are urged to change their passwords as soon as possible.Sutter, Nevada and Glenn counties, the town of Truckee and the Yuba County Office of Emergency Services said they were affected by the cyberattack. The Northern California agencies said the outage connected with the cyberattack is still ongoing. The counties noted that the cybersecurity incident is not impacting 911 services. Glenn County urged its residents to sign up for community alerts on Nixle instead. See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel
An emergency notification system was the target of a cyberattack that exposed users’ personal data, and several Northern California agencies were affected.
CodeRED, an emergency alert system used by counties, law enforcement and other agencies to warn citizens of active incidents. On Nov. 10, the company said it experienced a national outage that was the result of a cybersecurity incident. Users’ names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers and associated passwords were accessed.
Users who may use the same passwords for other websites are urged to change their passwords as soon as possible.
Sutter, Nevada and Glenn counties, the town of Truckee and the Yuba County Office of Emergency Services said they were affected by the cyberattack.
The Northern California agencies said the outage connected with the cyberattack is still ongoing.
The counties noted that the cybersecurity incident is not impacting 911 services.
Glenn County urged its residents to sign up for community alerts on Nixle instead.
See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel