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Ukraine air raid app hacked
Since 21:40 · Kyiv
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- Targeted app
- Air Alert
- Affected region
- Kyiv and across Ukraine
- False alert type
- Radiation and chemical hazard
- Source
- Ukrainian Air Force
The false radiation warning in Kyiv was also announced over loudspeakers on some streets, according to Blick.
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A later hoax alert, written in Russian, falsely warned of a nuclear alert across Ukraine, according to LBC.
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Air Force spokesman Yuriy Ignat tells AFP the Air Alert app has been hacked, confirming the earlier suspicion of hostile interference.
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Ukraine's Air Force says its Air Alert app was subjected to hostile interference after sending false radiation warnings across Kyiv on Sunday night.
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