Local News Officials blame firewall malfunction for 911 outage Officials said they have not received any reports of emergencies that were impacted by the 911 outage.

The outage lasted from about 1:15 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. Tuesday. A firewall meant to guard against a cyberattack caused a two-hour outage of Massachusetts' 911 system on Tuesday afternoon, according ...

Tuesday's 911 outage in Massachusetts has been blamed on a firewall. As reported by the Associated Press, a firewall designed to prevent cyberattacks and hacking was given as the cause of the ...

Pozniak said that the firewall prevented calls being made to 911 dispatch centers. The State 911 Department said that it didn’t receive any reports of emergencies impacted during the interruption. In ...

BOSTON – A firewall designed to prevent cyberattacks and hacking was to blame for the 911 outage that hit Massachusetts this week, state officials said Wednesday.

A firewall meant to guard against a cyberattack caused a two-hour outage of Massachusetts' 911 system on Tuesday afternoon, according to the state's Executive Office of Public Safety. The firewall ...

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