Biloxi B-Alerts down due to cybersecurity breach, city says

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - B-Alert traffic and weather advisories have been temporarily halted because of a cybersecurity breach at OnSolve CodeRED, the private system Biloxi uses to send those alerts.

That company is advising B-Alert users to change their passwords if the same password was used for other personal or business accounts.

A system spokesperson says an organized cybercriminal group has claimed responsibility.

CodeRED is working to transfer the city’s account to a new platform.

“In an abundance of caution, we have decommissioned the OnSolve CodeRED platform,” said Ann Pickren, Senior Vice President of Customer Success with CodeRED. “Upon detection of potential vulnerabilities in our platform, we immediately suspended platform access, isolated affected systems, and engaged leadi