Apr 18, 01:30 PM

Widespread 911 Outage in Multiple States Due to Cyber Attack

A widespread 911 outage affected multiple states across the United States, including South Dakota, Nevada, Nebraska, Texas, and Florida. The outage, which impacted both landline and cellular calls to emergency services, was attributed to a cyber attack. This marks the second such incident in the last six months targeting the national 911 emergency services grid. Despite the disruptions, emergency texts and calls were still being received in some areas, and dispatchers worked diligently to manually process calls. Services were eventually restored, and investigations into the cyber attacks are ongoing.