Hackers broke into the state of Iowa’s Amber Alert website and issued a bogus alert over the weekend. The hackers found a bug in the Web application used to manage the Amber Alerts. They then re-issued a February 2009 alert on Saturday, but quickly rescinded it within five minutes. The incident has kept the websites offline for four days now as the state investigates the attacks. No word on when service to the two websites will be restored, but the state still has ways to get its messages out to the public.”]
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