Cyberattack disables Onsolve Code Red emergency alert system across St. Louis region

A cyberattack has caused a nationwide outage of the Code Red emergency notification system, leaving cities and counties across the St. Louis region unable to send tornado warnings and other emergency alerts directly to residents’ phones. Code Red has been down since early November, according to Mike Thornton, Warren County Emergency Management director. Eureka is one of the St.

Louis area cities that rely on Code Red to alert residents about tornadoes and other emergencies, with Chief Michael Werges of the Eureka Police Department saying about half the city’s residents have signed up for the system. The news report does not indicate what individual or group may have claimed responsibility for the attack, and DataBreaches does not spot any listing or claims online. If anyone knows what group or individual is responsible for this, please contact tips@databreaches[.]net.