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Those fake active shooter calls to schools? A similar thing happened before
By: Jenna McLaughlin | NPR, Odette Yousef | NPR
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CHILLICOTHE, Ohio (NPR) — Just before 3 p.m. on a sunny Friday in September, police in Chillicothe, Ohio, received a message from dispatch: an active shooter had reportedly injured 24… Read More

Criminal hackers are now going after phone lines, too
By: Jenna McLaughlin | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Criminal groups have been sending threatening messages in the past couple of months to companies that manage broadband phone services all over the world, promising they’ll… Read More