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Cyber Attack Hits South Shore 911: No Delays Reported #shorts
Aug 11, 2025
South Shore 911 center targeted by a Russian-linked cyber attack! The FBI is investigating the security breach, but officials report no disruption to emergency services. How vulnerable are local systems? #cyberattack #911 #FBI #SouthShore #Russia #cybersecurity
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The FBI says it is closely monitoring a
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potential cyber attack to the Southshore
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Regional Emergency Communications
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Center. It happened over the weekend.
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The center says there were no
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disruptions to the 911 system to
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Hangingham, Cohasset, Norwell, and Hull.
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Those are the four towns it serves. NBC
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10's law enforcement reporter Robert
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Goulston broke this story over the
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weekend and is on it for us tonight.
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JC and Glenn, yes, the regional center
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here in Hingham actually serves those
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four different towns. They're
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responsible for taking the emergency
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calls in and then dispatching emergency
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resources out to those towns. Well, over
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the weekend, they were hit by a cyber
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attack, but were still able to function.
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First responders in Cohasset, Hingham,
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Norwell, and Hull did not see any delays
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or miss 911 calls after the Southshore
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Regional Emergency Communications Center
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says it was the victim of a cyber attack
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by a group with ties to Russia.
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Our response time didn't change. There's
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no effect on the police services. Uh we
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were able to go to the the calls we get
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and respond and take care of u business.
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Coassa police also reported they too
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were able to respond to calls and take
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reports offline. The FBI says it is
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aware of the cyber incident and is in
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close contact with local officials. When
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a 911 call comes into this region of the
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Southshore, all the calls are directed
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to a dispatcher on the second floor of
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Hangingham Town Hall. The dispatcher
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then assigns resources to the town where
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the emergency happened. The center
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serves Hangingham, Hull, Cohassid, and
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Norwell. The regional communication
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center reported the issue started
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Saturday morning. The police department
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say they were still able to take calls
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through other methods, including radio
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channels.
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There is no thing as 100% protection.
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Steve Zaramsky is a cyber security
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expert at Bridgewwater State University.
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He says motivation for these crimes can
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be widespread.
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They could be financially motivated. Um,
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they could be looking to steal sensitive
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information. Zorsky says it is critical
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for the investigation to focus on how
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the compromise happened
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to mitigate any potential future harm or
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damage to the organization and then
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relying on the information technology
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teams uh to start to do their own
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internal investigation
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and the cent's director telling us they
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are aggressively working to find out if
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any personal information has been
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compromised. We're live tonight in
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Hingham. Law enforcement reporter Robert
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Goulston, NBC 10
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