On 12th April, a mysterious hacker hacked every Tornado Siren in Dallas. This is a hack of one of the important infrastructure.

According to the New York Times, “Officials in Dallas said the city’s warning system was hacked late on Friday night, disrupting the city when all 156 of its emergency sirens sounded into the early hours of Saturday morning.”

“The alarms, which started going off around 11:40 p.m. Friday and lasted until 1:20 a.m. Saturday, created a sense of fear and confusion, jarring residents awake and flooding 911 with thousands of calls, officials said.”

It wasn’t a remote hack. The person who hacked had access to the system. According to Washington Post, “Officials have ruled out a remote hack — telling reporters someone gained physical access to a hub connecting all the sirens, which may not be turned on again until Monday as the city tries to figure out who, how and why.”

This is very real. It is not a joke. If someone can hack one of our emergency alert systems, they can hack other important things. Are all our systems safe from hackers?

Was this an attack the by the communists or terrorist? There are more questions that need answers! How safe are we from hackers who are working for some foreign agents or governments? What if the hackers one shut down the electricity from an entire town or state? What is next?

That was bs. I hope they catch the jerk!

notice it says April 12? today is the 10th... maybe it will happen on Wednesday..

I am in tornado alley. They come down I 20 and 287. Those false alarms were bs and they need to prosecute the punk. That wasn't a childish prank

Some punk thought it qould be funny but to those taking cover and in fear, not funny.

Tornados around here (and in other states) aren't a joke

they are loud, too... plano used to test theirs once a week, and was annoying...

Yep we had that in the Ft Worth area.

here is the real story

I hope the moron is found and prosecuted. What is the sense to doing this kind of stuff?
We didn't have tornados back in NYC but we had our share of idiots who would pull the fire alarm boxes on the streets, which would send 4-5 fire trucks out. Once in awhile they would catch they guy(s). and they would be arrested.

Some people get off on others being scared or by putting others in danger.

I know people who have died in tornadoes. Not amusing

Get thw punk play doh and nutter butters!