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FCC Warns: Hackers Hijack Radio Gear to Air False Alerts

🔔 The FCC has warned that attackers have been hijacking US radio transmission equipment to broadcast false Emergency Alert System tones and obscene material, exploiting unsecured Barix network audio devices. Intruders reconfigured devices to pull attacker-controlled streams, causing stations in Texas and Virginia to air unauthorized Attention Signals layered with offensive language. The FCC urged broadcasters to apply vendor patches, change default credentials, isolate EAS and Barix devices behind firewalls or VPNs, monitor logs, and report incidents to manufacturers, the FCC Operations Center and IC3.