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How Watch Duty became crucial for tracking the Los Angeles wildfires
If you live in Los Angeles, you are probably already intimately familiar with Watch Duty, the free app that shows active fires, mandatory evacuation zones, air quality indexes, wind direction, and a wealth of other information that everyone, from firefighters to regular people, have come to rely on during this week’s historic and devastating wildfires. Watch Duty is unique in…
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Wildfire evacuation alert for all of Los Angeles was sent by mistake
After two days of dealing with wildfires that have burned thousands of acres, residents across Los Angeles County received a wildfire evacuation alert on Thursday afternoon that was a mistake. Shortly after, officials sent a follow-up alert saying that the notice was intended only for people near the Kenneth Fire in Woodland Hills. Los Angeles County shared a message on…
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Los Angeles Housing Authority hit by another ransomware attack
The Housing Authority of Los Angeles (HACLA) today confirmed it was the victim of a recent cyber attack. HACLA replied to Comparitech’s questions with the following statement, “We’ve been by affected an attack on our IT network. As soon as we became aware of this, we hired external forensic IT specialists to help us investigate and respond appropriately. Our systems…
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