"Various municipalities have issued near-identical advisories about the attack on the OnSolve CodeRED platform, now owned by Crisis24, which enables residents to receive real-time alerts for emergencies such as weather warnings, missing children, terror threats, and more. In its warning about the situation to locals, the Sheriff's Office for Douglas County, Colorado, this week announced it had terminated its CodeRED contract and that it was actively searching for a replacement."
"Crisis24 told customers that the new platform "resides on a non-compromised, separate environment," which has undergone "a comprehensive security audit" and "additional penetration testing and hardening." "While the city's CodeRED account has been decommissioned, staff is working with the vendor to migrate to a new emergency alert platform," said the City of University Park, Texas. "Please know that protecting your personal information is our highest priority, and we are committed to safeguarding your data by working with vendors who provide secure, reliable systems.""
A cyberattack on Crisis24's OnSolve CodeRED platform left towns and cities across the US without access to emergency alerts. Municipalities issued near-identical advisories and have used social media and door-to-door notices while the platform is offline. The Douglas County Sheriff's Office terminated its CodeRED contract and is seeking a replacement, while many regions plan to remain with Crisis24 as it develops a new platform. Crisis24 stated the new platform resides on a separate, non-compromised environment and has undergone security audits and penetration testing. Customers were advised to change CodeRED passwords after names, addresses, emails, phone numbers and passwords were stolen.
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