Massachusetts emergency communications system impacted by cyberattack

A cyberattack impacted the Patriot Regional Emergency Communications Center serving several northern Massachusetts towns, disrupting non-emergency and business phone lines and affecting town/public-safety computer systems. Officials engaged outside cybersecurity firms and insurers, notified federal law enforcement, and are investigating potential data access or theft; the system is linked to the CodeRED notification platform, which has been previously targeted by ransomware actors.