U.S. army probes fake evacuation orders sent to U.S. military, families in South Korea

[jpak]

Source: Reuters

SEOUL (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Saturday it has opened an investigation into fake mobile phone alerts and social media messages advising U.S. military personnel and their families to evacuate the Korean Peninsula.

The phony messages, which were spread on Thursday, came at a sensitive time, with tensions high after North Korea conducted its sixth and largest nuclear test on Sept. 3. The test and a series of missile launches have triggered a war of words between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un.

U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) was not yet aware of how many people received the hoax messages or who was behind them, a spokesman for the USFK told Reuters.

The USFK posted a statement on its official Facebook page on Thursday making clear that the U.S. military did not issue any evacuation-related alerts.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-southkorea-usarmy/u-s-army-probes-fake-evacuation-orders-sent-to-u-s-military-families-in-south-korea-idUSKCN1BY0I7?il=0

[Dustlawyer]

1. How did they get these people's cell phone numbers and email addresses?

[dalton99a]

2. Somebody sitting on their bed who weighs 400 pounds

[ToxMarz]

3. Mark Zuckerberg

[yallerdawg]

4. Now that is disturbing.

Many of us are subject to a variety of emergency alert systems, and these can be hacked and illegitimate?

Wow.

Very disturbing.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

5. Kick

[xor]

6. Ohhh. My little bro said his fiancee who is in the Navy told him something about war with NK...

She's young and a bit naive still, so I wonder if this is where she got that from.