The sirens finally stopped at 1:17 a.m. CDT on Saturday when engineers had to manually shut them off.
The system is still down and is expected to be working again by Saturday afternoon.
He also shared that they were reaching out to experts in the field for a solution to this.
This is a very, very rare event, he said.
The hack is being investigated by the system engineers & the Federal Communications Commission has been contacted.
There are no reports of Police involvement as of this moment.
The city has had a few recent struggles with its emergency systems recently.
Therefore it is heartening to know that the city is taking action to ensure a repeat doesnt occur.
Source:Reuters
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