About this site

Our Mission

Attack Alert is an independent, subscriber-supported platform that tracks, rates, and explains every credible threat that can “attack” your safety, data, health, or peace of mind. Whether the risk is a street-level mugging hotspot, a zero-day cyber exploit, or a sudden surge of air-borne pollutants, we give you the same thing: a clear color-coded alert, a simple “what now?” checklist, and the sources behind every judgment.

What Makes Us Different

Aspect of Danger	What We Monitor	Typical Signals We Parse
Physical / Security	Terrorism, violent crime, riots, political unrest	Police blotters, intel bulletins, protest chatter
Cyber	Malware campaigns, data breaches, infrastructure hacks	CERT advisories, darknet marketplaces, Shodan scans
Health & Bio-risk	Contagious outbreaks, food recalls, lab leaks	WHO & CDC feeds, hospital admissions, genomic data
Environmental & Industrial	Chemical spills, radiation leaks, wildfire smoke	Satellite imagery, EPA sensors, IoT air-quality nodes
Financial & Social Engineering	Large-scale scams, payment-system fraud, disinfo waves	Banking SOC reports, blockchain analytics, fact-check APIs

We fuse those feeds through a rules-plus-AI engine and publish three key outputs:

1. Alert Level (Black, Red, Orange, Yellow, Green) – the immediate severity.
2. Exposure Score – how likely the average person is to be affected.
3. Action Capsule – a 15-second read on what to do right now.

Why the Color System?

Colors beat jargon in a crisis. When you open the app at 07:00 and see Orange, you already know: “Heightened caution; avoid solo travel after dusk; review exit routes.” Our palette follows international civil-defense norms but adds Black (do not enter) and Purple (radiological/biothreat focus) to close critical gaps.

Independence & Transparency

We accept no advertising, sponsorship, or government funding. All running costs are covered by member dues, which means:

• No pay-for-play risk ratings
• Raw data links under every alert for auditability
• Quarterly methodology white-papers so researchers can reproduce (or challenge) our scores

How You Can Use Attack Alert

• Travel planning: Check a destination’s 30-day Alert Histogram before you book.
• Risk dashboards for teams: Pipe our JSON feed into your SOC or operations map.
• Personal life: Enable geo-push to get a heads-up when your nightly jogging route flips to Orange.

Liability & Common-Sense Clause

Information here is as current and accurate as public and proprietary feeds allow, but threats evolve by the minute. Always combine our alerts with your own judgment, local advisories, and professional guidance. By using the site you accept that responsibility.

Join the Community

We publish a free weekly digest plus a pro tier for real-time data. Either way, thank you for helping us build a world where nobody is blindsided by an attack—of any kind, from any direction.