“Nation’s 911 Network Suffers Possible Cyber Attack” This is Something to Think About 04.19.24

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“Nation’s 911 Network Suffers Possible Cyber Attack”

Bill Bunkley’s “This Is Something to Think About Commentary”

Air Date Friday, April 19, 2024

Something strange happened throughout South Dakota and parts of  Nebraska, Nevada, and Texas.

A widespread 911 outage blocked residents from contacting 911 for emergency services for a couple of hours.

Early speculation points to a possible cyber attack.

The Department of Homeland Security warned that cyber attacks targeting 911 systems are more likely because the nationwide system is now integrated into an Internet protocol.

Imagine a crippling nationwide 911 outage triggered by a foreign adversary in a vulnerable moment of attack.

Or, how about an attack that turns off the nation’s power grid? That would be even more debilitating. In the electronic digital age, everything depends on reliable electricity.

China, Russia, and others constantly search and test for vulnerable entry points.

And this may have been one of those tests. 

Bill Bunkley is an 18-year veteran Salem Media talk show host based in Tampa. The Bill Bunkley Show airs weekdays across central Florida from 3 to 6 pm. Bill is also President of the Florida Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, which serves as the legislative consultant to the Florida Baptist State Convention (Southern Baptist Convention Churches), among other churches and entities. He has served as the legislative consultant to the Florida Baptist State Convention for the last 28 years at the state capitol in Tallahassee. By the Grace of his Lord Jesus, he is today a cancer survivor diagnosed in 2018 with AML Leukemia, having successfully undergone a bone marrow transplant that same year. His wife is Toni, son is Zac, and they attend Idlewild Baptist Church. 

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