[EAS] ALERT: EAS Device passwords

[Richard Rudman]

Greetings:

By now you may have seen reports about a hacker-originated bogus malicious EAS message that was actually aired in several markets.

I just got a call from the EAS office in FCC in Washington. They are now actively investigating this very serious matter.

For the time being the FCC concurs that all EAS clients should make sure the web interfaces for their EAS boxes have a strong password installed -- NOT the factory default password.

Please pass this information along to all concerned.

Regards,

Richard Rudman
Core Member, BWWG