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The residents of about a dozen US states received a scare when an ominous message rolled across their TV screens announcing an 'emergency alert' with the names of their states -
without any explanation or further information.
A test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) began shortly before noon on Monday and was seen by millions of television viewers in Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Washington, DC, Infowars reported.
EAS is a special department run by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and the National Weather Service (NOAA/NWS).
The alert interrupted regularly scheduled television programs for 10 minutes with a listing of affected states and an announcement that the alert would remain in effect until midnight.
Comment: At least no zombies were involved this time:
'Zombie Apocalypse' hoax message on U.S. Emergency Alert System broadcast on 10 channels across 5 states
Update 2: Security experts doubt TV stations' "lax passwords" to blame for Zombie Apocalypse EAS hoax: Report sent to DHS last month warned of "multiple undisclosed authentication bypasses"