AT&T issued an updated statement about the false White House Emergency Alert sent out this morning to U-verse subscribers in the Atlanta, Detroit and Austin markets.
“A Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) investigation indicates that a nationally syndicated radio show not affiliated with AT&T accidentally sent a message over the National Emergency Alert System. This false message was carried on our network, as well as some other providers. We apologize to our customers.”
An AT&T spokesperson said FEMA is also expected to issue a statement about this morning’s incident where a message saying, “We interrupt our programming at the request of the White House. This is the Emergency Alert System. All normal programming has been discontinued during this emergency” popped up on subscriber’s screen before their channels were switched to the local NBC affiliate.
There was no word which radio show triggered the alert.