911 Outage Caused by Operating System Defect: PEMA

Pennsylvania's 911 outages were caused by tech glitch, not cyberattack, officials say

Technical issues caused the intermittent 911 outages in Pennsylvania earlier this month that prevented some calls from going through, a preliminary report...

911 Outage caused by operating system defect: PEMA

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Pa. provides more details on what caused recent 911 service outages

The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA) announced Tuesday that the preliminary analysis of the 911 system outages more than a week ago determined that the issues were due to a defect in an operating system.The disruptions are not believed to be the result of a cyber-attack, the press release said.

Pennsylvania statewide 911 outage due to faulty operating system, not cyberattack, agency says

The intermittent statewide 911 outage Pennsylvania experienced this month was not caused by a cyberattack, officials said.

PEMA: Defect in an operating system believed cause of 911 outages July 11-12

The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency thinks a defect in an operating system caused 911 outages July 11-12.

Pa.’s intermittent 911 outage caused by system ‘defect,’ not attack, state says

A more detailed analysis is underway, the state said. Officials previously said they did not believe a cyberattack or software update was the culprit.