Behind the Dallas emergency sirens hacking
A search is underway for a hacker who caused panic and confusion in Dallas by triggering all of the city's emergency sirens, intended to warn people of incoming severe weather. Nicholas Thompson, Wired editor-in-chief and a CBS News contributor, joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss the breach.
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To the hacker that did this, i really admire you for doing such an act.
@gol2163
7 жыл бұрын
Jonathan Fancher ikr
@androidkenobi
7 жыл бұрын
this is a huge one up on the K-mart or Target dial in and take over the store's speakers broadcast system. When will people learn to change the default username/passwords?
@lincolnburrows6771
7 жыл бұрын
pretty badass actually people are just to easily spooked. (Insert Lenny Face Here)
@whoreadsthesethingsanyway1865
5 жыл бұрын
Your a idiot
@Jose-ee2se
5 жыл бұрын
Yeah it probaly took a long time
Track him down and hire him.
@Reempte
6 жыл бұрын
Hire him??
@xxxa8648
6 жыл бұрын
orbee69 Might have been a her.
@bakhitalketbi9460
6 жыл бұрын
There are more men hackers than women, so its most likely a him sir
@Mboy245
Жыл бұрын
More likely they will be going to federal prison. It's a federal offense to intentionally set off an emergency alarm without reason
That would legit scare me. I would have thought we were getting bombed.
@gol2163
7 жыл бұрын
christianled59 ikr
@dontpanicatthehorseshow521
7 жыл бұрын
christianled59 same
@unclaimedchild5213
7 жыл бұрын
christianled59 dude I LIGIT heard those sirens
@willmiller6214
6 жыл бұрын
Kimmycat 12 same here
@ohlook6222
6 жыл бұрын
Mostly everyone was like tf is going on
To the hacker you had the guts to do this.
@gol2163
7 жыл бұрын
Sj430 lol
0:14 Best ambience ever!
honestly, if someone wants to, they can and will get into any system on the planet.
Looks like someone got their hands on the DTMF codes lol.
@Cjaiceman
7 жыл бұрын
Not terribly difficult if you know when and where to listen. You don't even need to decode the tones, just play them back over the same frequency. :\
@sitsia3808
3 жыл бұрын
@@Cjaiceman r u the hacker
@Cjaiceman
3 жыл бұрын
@@sitsia3808 Negative, just an armchair enthusiast that understands how one could theoretically capture the tones required to control the sirens.
@sitsia3808
3 жыл бұрын
@@Cjaiceman sounds tho like you could do it if you'd want to.
@Cjaiceman
3 жыл бұрын
@Timofey Kozyrev My bad, I haven't actually studied the Dallas system as I don't live anywhere near there. One of my local systems use FSK, but I've found several that use DTMF around here.
Why is one siren out In middle of nowhere
@personperson2319
6 жыл бұрын
There are several random shops and things near the lake that needed a siren, so dallas put a siren there, the siren can also be activated with garlands siren system.
@j_jinxer
4 жыл бұрын
Because tornados touch in the middle of nowhere?
@BRISTOLFORCE2009
Ай бұрын
Well I bet there’s more around it but why just one there randomly
"Warn people of incoming severe weather" Did you forget to add that these same sirens also alert of an attack as well? If it was a prank that's dumb as hell. People all over Dallas probably legit freaked the fuck out.
@Nico-pb1sr
7 жыл бұрын
T Buckly and that's what makes it funny you clown.
I live in Dallas when I heard all the alarms I thought the world was ending
@_roczombie30-gaming81
4 жыл бұрын
One time my friend told me that the world was ending for a joke and at 12:00am I slept walked into my sisters room and screamed that the world was ending but it was a helicopter light 😂
If I had the knowledge and I was able to do this, I would think twice about it and then I would do it.
@_EllieLOL_
3 жыл бұрын
Then flood the television frequencies with EAS warnings :D
@Mboy245
Жыл бұрын
It's a federal offense to intentionally set off an emergency alarm such as a fire alarm in a public space or in this case the emergency siren for no reason at all
I did it because my wife kept me awake all day so when she went to work her night shift i thought ide keep her up all night
@zelexdabeast4577
4 жыл бұрын
Wow bruh can you teach me how to do it?
I was asleep when this happened I think and tbh I don’t remember anyone talking about it cause I live here
I figured a local for this. What's the fun of causing mayhem If you can't watch, or listen as the case may be? The person will not find it fun if I find out who they are; they will be walking funny after their computer is reset into a suppository configuration.
@androidkenobi
7 жыл бұрын
uh.. i'm nowhere near dallas and i'm watching and laughing now. If you could remotely cause Assad's bidet to squirt him constantly, wouldn't you do it even if u can't see it?
@unicornrainbowfarts653
6 жыл бұрын
Wrench245 why would you really want to listen to the sirens for over an hour?
0:40 That awkward smile/face lol
That would be pretty freaky, especially at 12:00 am!
That was a weird night i remember the power went out about 1030 in Ft. Worth then this happened
Public officials are responsible for setting up a system with apparently minimal safe guards. And for not having an emergency off button. Current way of activating system looked good on paper but needed a hacker to show them the flaws. Better planning needed!
@androidkenobi
7 жыл бұрын
or just changing the default username/passwords?
@seanjuth
7 жыл бұрын
Android Kenobi no there is no username and password all sirens in the USA are set off by radio tones if you go to a siren look at the pole and you will find the radio antenna connected to the controller the way that people get these tones is they wait till they test the sirens and record the tones that remotely activated the sirens over their ham radio then they can just press the talk button and play the sound they recorded
@androidkenobi
7 жыл бұрын
ah... awesome. no news source covered that.
@tienlocn.5984
7 жыл бұрын
Those are DTMF tones. Some system uses some special tone for "waking up" the siren controller before the DTMF tone is transmitted.
@Cjaiceman
7 жыл бұрын
Ding ding ding!! That's the answer right there. It's not rocket science. These DTMF controllers (sounds like phone tones) are usually pretty old, and security wasn't in the designer's mind at the time. Until they update these things with proper (digital) security, anyone with some Googling ability, and a $30 radio from Amazon can potentially set these things off.
who would do something like that, sirens are like fire alarms where you should NEVER touch them unless there is an emergency
@stephensnell1379
2 жыл бұрын
Exactly just like fire alarms tornado sirens are not to messed with
@Mboy245
Жыл бұрын
@@stephensnell1379 Doing so is actually a federal offense.
We need dallas to arrest the hacker for a lot of days
@Mboy245
Жыл бұрын
It's a federal offense, so if they did find him, he can probably count on spending quite a bit of time in federal prison
Wow, that's crazy...
Omg the hacker badass dang good job xD
@darksecrets874
2 жыл бұрын
thanks
if a "bored teenager" can hack a cities siren system, I'm no pro but I think there is a bigger issue here
I remember my parents waking me up. I heard the sirens and asked "what's happening? Is it a tornado?" They said no it's probably a bomb. I freaked out. They said don't worry pack clothes, shoes, and your phone hurry were leaving to Mexico with your cousins. I just said ok and started packing. We went to both my siblings apartments. We were close to the target in town east (my Dallas people know what I'm talking about) close to the mall then we heard that it was not a bomb so we just said oh and went back home
@Tigers9596
Жыл бұрын
If we were actually being bombed, you wouldn't haven't had time to go to other's houses.
I'm sure they were warned multiple times of this exploit but nobody wanted to spend the money.
Poor babies in the area. Imagine if someone was giving birth when this happened.. major panic.
There is absolutely no way they are going to find who did it unless they root that person out through a bit of social engineering. or if this person tattled to someone of his accomplishment and gets him in trouble. RF frequencies when transmitted and when its over, they have to be triangulated as in finding pirate radio stations while the transmission is active. Once the transmission ceases, if they didn't monitor it then they cannot find it.
I was kicked up awake for HOURS, With my mom hearing a Mansfeild Emergency Siren nearby.
@stephensnell1379
3 жыл бұрын
You mean keeped
I’m scared of fire alarms I don’t know what I would do if I heard this😂😂
@stephensnell1379
2 жыл бұрын
If you heard that you'd panic
*Siren:* Everyone watch out disaster is coming! *Citizens:* Oh cool sound, Lemme get a selfie~ *Siren:* _Am I a joke to you?..._
i live in dallas it was annoying so annoying i live like 2 minutes away from a park with a siren
By the way I know the names of the tornado sirens they called federal signal and I saw one in the video also whoever hacked them is the person who knows the codes for the radio password or whatever or pin for it
All of Dallas's city sirens are mainly and most likely radio activated
desoto and Lancaster had this back in march 2 years after the hack
Yes i live dallas and i hear the siren
Just a prank bro
@yourmexicanjuan6030
5 жыл бұрын
@@ghjghghjgjhghgk hacker launches nuclear bomb
I wonder if it was a big distraction, whilst something else happened?
@androidkenobi
7 жыл бұрын
pretty sure a child was kidnapped, some people died of cancer and alzheimer's, and an angel that was at the bck of the line snuck in to get its wings.
This just happend in North Carolina
People:SIRENS GOIN OFF GET THE KIDS IN THE BASEMENT Me:WHERES THE CAMERAS?!
I find this way funnier than I should
Easy. Find where the DTMF signals are coming from in Dallas. Witch may be a little hard, but what ever. Most likely in the center of all of the sirens or near the fire station around that area.
Who are the 7 people who disliked the video? we had to experience it. I DONT LIKE BEING WOKE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT!!!
How is bored teenager a suspect?
Did they ever find the suspect
#watchdogs in real life
@Coffeexcake05
3 жыл бұрын
Yesss 🤣🤣🤣
It had to have been a crazy siren enthusiast...
guys what if it was just a accident? and they don't want to take responsibility lol
My man used a vpn lmao
Wonder if it was because of NASCAR because they were in Texas this week (I know it sounds stupid but might be true)
Pulling the fire alarm went too far
That a lot of sirens
For 90 minutes? Heck yeah people would have thought it was the pruge
They need to upgrade there whole system
@stephensnell1379
2 жыл бұрын
Much stronger encryption would prevent further hacking
Thomas you have caused confusion and delay!
It’s not hard to do. Find the activation frequency. Use a two way radio to transmit to that frequency the signal to set off the sirens. You will need a DTMF decoder to get the DTMF codes used to set off the countywide Sirens. Then, you use a DTMF encoder and recreate the siren activation code. The decoder and encoders are free programs you can download. This isn’t hacking at all. It’s still wrong though.
@Tigers9596
Жыл бұрын
Not all sirens run on DTMF. Most don't.
Props to the hacker man xD
@famousdestroyer7
6 жыл бұрын
When I heard those sirens i though world war 3 had started
It was scary
Me if I was in Dallas: ahh we are getin bombed Me: calls 911 911:what’s your emergency Me: sirens are goin off come pls I know the suspect Them: ok where are you Me: Dallas
Ring ring ring. Hacker: hello? Me: i don't know who u r. I don't know what u want. But i know what u did. I will find u. And i will illk u.
I’m still surprised they haven’t found us
@benchester2407
Жыл бұрын
What you did it
@maroonmaroonmaroon2985
5 ай бұрын
Monitor 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
Mom is that the ice cream truck
Whoever did that should be in jail cuz thats fukt up
@maroonmaroonmaroon2985
5 ай бұрын
Because it causes panic?
these people don't know what there doing, try to find the IP of who hacked the signal (if it was hacked with radio signal from a computer)
I would love to shake the guys hand that did this lol 😂
@Mboy245
Жыл бұрын
You'll have to get into a federal prison first if they did manage to catch him
Lock him up and throw away the key
no
Aiden? i though you are in Chigaco
Emergency Sirens System password: User:admin Pass:admin
@vd2hu
3 жыл бұрын
its activated by a radio signal.
I live in Dallas I don't remember this I was sleep in XD
@stephensnell1379
3 жыл бұрын
In other words there may not have been any sirens close enough to be heard by you
There's a 3t22 in the backround
Yo, just a prank, camera's over there
who ever did this is a fucking legend
@stephensnell5707
2 жыл бұрын
Well it's not a good thing as messing around with something that alerts the public can be illegal
@Mboy245
Жыл бұрын
More like a felon. Setting of the emergency alarms for no reason is a federal offense
Omg I heard that I live in texas Dallas
I think that guy is the one that set it off
ugh aidan is messing with us!
that hacker must play watch dogs too much
The thumbnail makes me giddy, i am trypophobic
@roy-mr5em
6 жыл бұрын
same
why would you call 911 when they go off for christs sake?! if its an actual emergency all you're doing is taking their valuable time
@MrIamalego
6 жыл бұрын
Only there was no severe weather and it'd be pretty easy to determine that with a quick check. Once the civilians determine that no emergency is present they'd want to contact the agency who operates them, in this case the emergency services. Thus, they had to call 911 to let them know quickly that it was an erroneous activation.
I heard this 2019 I’m confusing sis
00:57 Opuoorate
those are Texas longhorns!!! even I know what long horns mean. for example what does gabriel trumpets mean?
wow i just do not want to not live in usa now
This is like the best troll ever! Whoever this hacker he’s is my hero
@Mboy245
Жыл бұрын
It's also a criminal potentially looking at years in federal prison
the hacker who did this,Go to the police and say that you hacked the emergency sirens! then ur fien!
My poor Texas freands!
@fuyiiirex
6 жыл бұрын
Ugh I mean friends
@famousdestroyer7
6 жыл бұрын
Yeah I was scared shitless
>April 7 It's April come on...
Maybe he just press the wrong button?
FIND HIM AND HIRE YOUR HIM aye that rythems!*
A late April fools
Yo, dat was my boy x1c3p0!!
it was probably Trevor or one of them dudes lol
Who calls 911 over a tornado siren going off I mean this is the first time the TS was hacked to my knowledge but seriously why call 911 tornado sirens mean TORNADO
@learninghistorywithbrooke
7 жыл бұрын
Please Stop There was no severe weather so people thought it was a possible terrorist attack and they panicked and called 911
@SporkPlays212
7 жыл бұрын
Frozen Toys fair enough, but at least the non emergency number they really could have put some lives at risk
0:32 oh that's me that hacked the sirens :v I'm the suspect
@gameplayaLITLIT
4 жыл бұрын
FBI OPEN UP
@noobys4274
4 жыл бұрын
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maybe he was the hacker
yea its a bored teenager.
That guy that was smile he. Hacked it I called it
Chris the Hacker did this.
Hacker my ASS!
lol
I know the guy that did this