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Iowa Public Safety Alert Breach: Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities Revealed

Calendar Dec 01, 2010 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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Computer hackers have broken into a state government website for the third time this year, exposing continued vulnerabilities in the state's digital security programs. The latest incident occurred Saturday morning when a hacker breached a server used by the Iowa Department of Public Safety to issue Amber Alert bulletins involving child abduction cases.

The hacker used the access at 8:18 a.m. to reissue an Amber Alert warning from February about a Council Bluffs teenager who was missing and later found safe. The bulletin was canceled at 8:23 a.m. and there's no indication that any search was launched to find the girl.

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