Imagine being in bed, sound asleep, when your country's emergency alert system suddenly goes off on your phone. Scary stuff.
A hack on Brazil's Civil Defense system blasted fake alien invasion alerts to seven cities, exposing the same WEA flaw the FCC will vote to patch on Thursday.
Thousands of Brazilians received emergency alerts in the middle of the night warning of an "alien attack." Users received a flurry of push notifications mimicking government emergency alerts. It was ...