The report commended L.A. County for responding quickly in canceling the alert within 2 minutes and 47 seconds and issuing a corrected message about 20 minutes later, stating the alert was sent ...

By mistake, the evacuation alert went out to cellphones across all of Los Angeles County. To make matters worse, repeated false alerts were reported to have been sent out 11 times.

Jeff Otten explains how traditional AML systems, while well-intentioned, generate an overwhelming up to 95% of false positives, creating operational inefficiencies, compliance risk, and customer ...

Also a tweet isn't enough — not everyone who got the alert will see Twitter to know it's all OK."One user posted a screen shot from the HBO miniseries Chernobyl, and there were several tweets ...

New York City Is Warned of an Impending Tsunami as Another False Alert Is Sent ·Fortune Bloomberg Updated Tue, Feb 6, 2018, 2:07 PM ...

The emergency alert, which was sent to cellphones statewide just before 8:10 a.m., said: "BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL." ...

Security alert system at Carleton U sends false warning of attacker on campus By Christopher Whan Global News Posted January 28, 2019 3:27 pm Updated January 28, 2019 4:44 pm ...

A revised alert informing of the "false alarm" didn't reach cellphones until 38 minutes later, according to the time stamp on images people shared on social media. NO missile threat to Hawaii.

Hawaii apparently lacked adequate safeguards to prevent a false emergency alert that panicked residents for more than a half-hour before it was withdrawn, a federal official said.