Crisis24, the owner of the CodeRED emergency alert platform, suffered a cyber attack leading to a data breach where names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, and passwords of users (including 88,000 landline and 130,000 cell phone subscribers) were potentially leaked. The attack also disabled the entire CodeRED system nationwide, preventing critical emergency alerts (e.g., wildfires, active shooters) from being sent to residents. Law enforcement agencies, including Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, terminated contracts due to the lack of notification about the outage and breach, forcing them to rely on social media and door-to-door alerts as temporary measures. The breach exposed users to credential stuffing attacks, with experts warning of potential financial fraud if passwords were reused. Crisis24 confirmed the attack was contained to the legacy CodeRED environment but admitted the incident disrupted public safety communications across multiple states, raising concerns over the reliability of emergency notification systems.

A major West Coast port in the United States was infiltrated by Volt Typhoon, a hacking group affiliated with China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA). The intrusion is part of a strategic campaign to pre-position cyber capabilities for disrupting critical U.S. infrastructure in the event of a military conflict in the Pacific. While no immediate damage to industrial control systems was reported, the breach signifies a deliberate effort to compromise logistics, supply chains, and military mobility operations. The attack targets core operational networks, potentially enabling future sabotage of port functions—such as cargo handling, vessel traffic management, or customs processing—thereby crippling trade flows and hindering U.S. defense readiness. Cybersecurity experts warn that such infiltrations could escalate into full-scale disruptions, including halting port operations, delaying shipments of military equipment, or even triggering cascading failures in interconnected infrastructure like transportation and energy grids. The breach underscores China’s shift from espionage to offensive cyber warfare, with the port serving as a high-value target due to its role in both commercial and defense logistics.

The China Ocean Shipping Co. Terminal at the Port of Long Beach was hit by a cyberattack . The company’s operations outside the United States were not affected. Logistics operations haven’t been affected by the situation. Due to the attack, communications between the carrier’s U.S. operations and its customers has been slowed, and is currently capable via telephone, but not electronically.