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Ukraine air raid app hacked

Since yesterday, 21:40 · Kyiv

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Russia-Ukraine alert app cyberattacks

Targeted systems
Emergency public alert mobile apps
Affected countries
Ukraine and Russia
False alerts
Radiation, chemical, and drone threats

Ukraine's Digital Transformation Ministry says the Air Alert app is not operating, but sirens and other public alert channels still work.

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Kyiv blames Russia for the false radiation warnings, while Russia's emergencies ministry calls its app hack a "massive cyberattack".

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Russia and Ukraine say their emergency alert apps were hacked to send false threat warnings, shortly after a localized truce expired.

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Ukraine air raid app hacked

Ukraine's Air Force says there is no radiation threat. A false Air Alert message claimed Russia's Oreshnik missile was deployed, the Guardian reports.

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  1. Hackers send false alerts through Ukraine's Air Alert and Russia's emergency ministry apps

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