A screen displays an announcement on possible travel delays due to a global IT outage Gatwick Airport on July 19, 2024 in Crawley, United Kingdom. (Jack Taylor / Getty Images) Cyberattacks may follow CrowdStrike outage, warns MS-ISAC Cybercriminals are using the chaos of the CrowdStrike outage to launch phony websites and new phishing campaigns, said a director with the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis… Jul 23, 2024 By Colin Wood Sophia Fox-Sowell Keely Quinlan
(Getty Images) Without federal funding, next-generation 911 plods along Advocates for the next generation of 911 technologies said the lack of federal funding source could generate inequity of critical services. Jul 20, 2023 By Colin Wood
(Getty Images) 911 vendor Intrado takes responsibility for widespread outage The company said a recent outage affecting 14 states was caused by "an internal networking component that was not correctly forwarding traffic." Oct 2, 2020 By Colin Wood
(Getty Images) Next-generation 911 gets $109 million boost Funding authorized in 2012 is now being dispensed to 34 states and territories. But a full nationwide upgrade could require more than $12 billion. Aug 9, 2019 By Colin Wood