r/Detroit • u/moonphase0 Greenacres • 23h ago

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The password reset link is highly suspicious.

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u/willthechem 22h ago

I tried to swipe the image on your tv. I may need to take some time off from the apps.

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u/this-isnotaburner 10h ago

Please stop calling me out like this lol

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u/EMU_MSW 14h ago

Come clean up this coffee you made me spit out, lmao

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u/KrankOverman 10h ago

You are the FUTURE 🔮

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u/NickCapp586 2h ago

I tried the same thing!

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u/Pre-eclampsia 1h ago

lol

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u/EmilioMolesteves 22h ago

The only logical answer is that we are receiving the next top secret discussion on current military engagement with senior officials of the United States government.

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u/space-dot-dot 21h ago

Someone in Wayne County got added to the Signal chat to invade Ontario.

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u/IndependentLychee413 10h ago

😂😂😂✋

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u/stmije6326 Former Detroiter 7h ago

👊🇨🇦🔥

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u/GamingGanjaGranny 7h ago

🤣🤣🤣

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u/datewiththerain 6h ago

The last place on earth we need is Ontario

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u/moonphase0 Greenacres 22h ago

This is definitely it lmao

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u/mister_hoot 12h ago

Oh sick I’m going to tell those loons to go invade Madagascar.

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u/mattimeoo 22h ago

First responder system potentially being hacked, or attempted to be. Or the admin is a moron.

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u/space-dot-dot 21h ago

Another option: training a new hire and all the processes are in the brain of the person that is retiring rather than in written and searchable documentation.

Escalation strategies and policies are incredibly important, especially in serious incidents. However, they may not actually be written down, or practiced, or revised. A lot of that has to do with... ta-da... funding! Funding that is being cut everywhere and that is affecting transfer of knowledge from one generation of worker to the next.

Another thought: only having one e-mail tied to an alert trigger.

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u/Aezetyr Hazel Park 23h ago

I just see something about an Asspreset and that's what grabbed me. Looks like someone just pasted in the wrong link.

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u/moonphase0 Greenacres 23h ago

It's pretty concerning all the recent "whoopsies" we've had with emergency alerts...

This should not be happening.

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u/michiganlexi 18h ago

There were 2 alerts back to back today I wonder if one of them was a fuck up, I only heard it while folding laundry I didn’t look up or read the screen. Heh shows how useful I would be in a real emergency.

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u/michiganlexi 18h ago

There were 2 alerts back to back today I wonder if one of them was a fuck up, I only heard it while folding laundry I didn’t look up or read the screen. Heh shows how useful I would be in a real emergency.

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u/Revolutionary_Mud159 9h ago

There were 2 posts about this back to back today I wonder if one of them was a fuck up.

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u/Revolutionary_Mud159 9h ago

There were 2 posts about this back to back today I wonder if one of them was a fuck up.

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u/ankole_watusi Born and Raised 23h ago

Well, I definitely don’t want my ass present near an exploding house! So thanks for heads-up, will avoid Wayne.

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u/draculesti06 23h ago

Somebody did an oops

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u/Gentle_G 21h ago

"Asspreset"

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u/evilw 11h ago

Asspreset 3D 🍆

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u/Cantwinmee 13h ago

That URL pointing to a password reset page on Everbridge (which is a real emergency communication platform used by governments and institutions) shouldn’t be part of a public EAS screen.

It feels like either:

1.  A misconfiguration or internal system error — someone behind the scenes might’ve accidentally triggered a dev/test alert with sensitive links attached.


2.  A compromise or unauthorized access — if someone got into the EAS alerting system (maybe through Everbridge or a connected platform), they could’ve injected that URL as a prank or worse.

3.  A formatting bug or log leak — the system could’ve inadvertently dumped a password reset request into the alert text, which again would suggest poor safeguards or segmentation.

Red flags:

• Sensitive-looking Everbridge URL in public alert

• “forgotPassword/resetPwd” path? That’s backend internal logic stuff, not for public eyes

• Possibly includes a token (a=hU0YnTuhEYq...) which may have been valid for resetting a real account

If this was broadcasted widely, someone at Everbridge, Wayne County, or IPAWS (Integrated Public Alert and Warning System) seriously fumbled.

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u/Less_Interview1273 19h ago

I really hope the password was asspreset.

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u/Otherwise-Mango2732 23h ago

Just reset your password bro. It's for your own good

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u/moonphase0 Greenacres 23h ago

It came through on the TV, and the same message was in my Weather Channel app.

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u/Ilikehotdogs1 21h ago

Everbridge is a reputable mass alerting system. I work at an automaker that uses their service for critical triage.

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u/DigitalGuru42 21h ago

Our company uses it too. When it works...

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u/ceecee_50 12h ago

I got this message from AccuWeather – my Weather app. But not from anything else, including the national weather service. It said it was just performing a test, but I honestly didn’t read the rest of it. Very strange.

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u/mischievousmary 11h ago

Same! But it said nothing about a test. All it said was it’s an emergency alert with no information. I just blew it off as some kind of flood warning since we’re getting a little bit more rain on top of everything we’ve already gotten

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u/neomathist 9h ago

The Accuweather alert on the web labeled it as a required test. It was easy to miss though between the message saying it was an alert sent on behalf of Homeland Security and the URL to nowhere.

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u/Fit_Emphasis_811 11h ago

Buddy’s ran out of pizza sauce.

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u/Willow_Garde 21h ago

testing the new emergency system for when the inevitable war with canada occurs

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u/warmerbread 20h ago

or tomorrows protest at the dia

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u/DaisyDAdair 10h ago

Detroit had been added to the chat

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u/often_awkward Suburbia 14h ago

I think it was a test. I recall reading something like that on page 2 of the warning or imagined it. I should probably go drink coffee.

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u/usmc_mermaid Detroit 14h ago

Can we chill with these “emergency” alerts. The boy who cried wolf was more interesting than these.

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u/krystal_dream 12h ago

I'm glad I left work early

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u/Pitiful-MobileGamer 10h ago

Looks like some suspicious actors are trying to gain access to somewhere they shouldn't.

Too bad the US cyber defense has been effectively stood down.

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u/Rellgidkrid 22h ago

Is this part of that weird butterfly game?

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u/moonphase0 Greenacres 22h ago

I haven't heard about a butterfly game, so I'm not sure.

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u/Strikew3st 21h ago

Do you mean the puzzle/ARG r/CicadaDetroit?

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u/Rellgidkrid 10h ago

Yeah. That’s what I meant. Don’t know what that is but kept getting ads for it.

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u/Killjoykarl10 23h ago

It was a test

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u/moonphase0 Greenacres 23h ago

Usually, it will say "This is a test." And it never had a url referring to a password reset.

Do you know for sure it was a test?

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u/0xF00DBABE 19h ago

I got one on my phone around the same time that was properly labeled as a test so yeah, probably, it's pretty hilarious that they put a password reset link in that one though