Hacker Set Off All Dallas Emergency Sirens in Middle of Night, City Says

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Source: NBC News

Emergency sirens across Dallas that blared over the course of more than an hour overnight were the result of a hacker who was able to access the city's system, city officials said Saturday.

Mayor Mike Rawlings called the hack "an attack on our emergency notification system." A city spokesman said all 156 emergency sirens were activated at 11:42 p.m. Friday, and the office of emergency management service agency eventually disabled the entire system at 1:17 a.m.

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth reported that the emergency sirens blared intermittently, and there was a surge of calls to 911. Confused residents took to social media to post video of the warnings with no apparent tornado or other emergency in sight.

Dallas city spokesman Sana Syed wouldn't say how the hack was carried out, citing security reasons, but did say officials believe that it came from the Dallas area.

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[Frances]

1. My first thought was that the Russians were behind this

Then I read that authorities believe the hack was from Texas. But after all that's happened, it could be a Russian in Texas! Or not.

[xor]

2. That wasn't a very nice thing to do.

I hope they find him/her and they get a stern talking to.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. Vunerability test. nt

[Vinca]

4. Wait until they go after the electrical grid . . .

[murielm99]

5. If I lived in Dallas and heard all those sirens

late at night, I would have thought, "Oh shit! What did he do NOW? Has he started WWIII?"