Emergency Management Director Michael Durkin said tying alerts to an address — rather than relying solely on cellphone “ping” technology — is a key advantage.

NDMA and DoT conducted a live test of India's emergency alert system using cell broadcast on February 20 to verify public ...

Attorney General Dave Sunday is warning Pennsylvanians about a text message and email scam in which individuals receive fraudulent messages claiming to be from a municipal court, alleging an unpaid ...

Numerous suppliers provide systems that have color-changing lights, ramping audible tones, and text-to-speech readouts, among other tools, to provide means to minimize ...

CHARLOTTE — Duke Energy officials are warning about a scam targeting customers, which claims they will be impacted by scheduled power outages. These messages do not come from the utility company. Do ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The state's power grid operator, ERCOT, is reminding Texans it does not text people directly to share information about power grid conditions. Some Texans have been getting text ...

Users once again are reporting getting texts from the "DMV" and "MVC" warning them of outstanding traffic tickets. t's a scam, which now has entered its second year. The scam text messages have been ...

NEW YORK (WNYT) – Attorney General Letitia James is celebrating an FCC order expanding emergency cell phone alerts to include multiple languages, including American Sign Language. Wireless Emergency ...

Syracuse, N.Y. – The state’s NY-Alert app was hacked last week, sending a message about a bogus transaction to the phones of tens of thousands of people signed up to get emergency notifications, state ...

As we head into the busy holiday shopping season, it also happens to be International Fraud Awareness Week. According to the Federal Trade Commission, Americans lose billions of dollars every year ...

This week, hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers received scam texts after their state's official text messaging system was breached by hackers, according to a report from NBC News. New York’s Office ...

As the nation honors veterans for their service, the Department of Veterans Affairs is reminding the community to stay alert to a growing threat, the VA overpayment scam. Reports show that fraudsters ...