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Auburn University Cites Technical Error for False Emergency Alerts

Officials apologized, pledging fixes to prevent a repeat.

Overview

  • Auburn said multiple AU Alerts were unintentionally triggered Thursday, including active shooter, tornado and hazardous materials messages.
  • Auburn Public Safety posted on X that there were no active threats and told the community to disregard the erroneous alerts.
  • Police confirmed there was no threat to the campus and reported that the campus remained safe.
  • The initial active-shooter message instructed recipients to report to a safe location and to barricade, hide, fight.
  • The university said it is working to resolve the technical issue to prevent future occurrences and acknowledged the concern the alerts caused.