The City of San Francisco announced Thursday that it will bring back public warning sirens after nearly four years of silence.
San Francisco stopped using the sirens in 2019 "to address serious security vulnerabilities that made the sirens susceptible to being hacked and manipulated," officials said in aSan Francisco plans to spend around $5 million upgrading the system, focusing on cybersecurity and new hardware. The first phase will include a review of the warning system and 119 sirens, and is planned to start within the next six months.
Since the city discontinued its sirens in 2019, it has relied on emergency alerts sent to cellphones and more traditional systems such as radio and television notifications. The most used system, the city said, isSan Francisco may fix its emergency warning sirens, other Bay Area cities need sirens repaired
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