Massachusetts
Massachusetts 911 Outage Triggered By Firewall, Officials Say
The state’s 911 system crashed Tuesday afternoon, preventing people from making emergency calls for about two hours
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Massachusetts officials announced Wednesday that the state’s 911 outage on Tuesday was caused by a firewall, quelling concerns the more than an hour-long crash was the result of a cyberattack.
The outage lasted about two hours. (Photo by Mark... [1712 chars]