The Emergency Broadcasting System was set up without security, experts say. Security and encryption were not the primary design criteria when EAS was developed, the FCC said in 2004. The FCC confirmed in 2004 that EAS insecurities were “not the primary” design criteria. Experts say the alerting industry needs to rethink its approach to security and codifying best practices to fix the problem. Now, however, a stronger government response will be likely, says Venable’s Venable expert. “I’m willing to bet that they’ll have an investigation””]