Ukraine Air Raid App Hacked in False Radiation Alert — SkimNews
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- Ukraine's public air raid alert app was apparently hacked, with users receiving false radiation threat alerts.
- Ukrainian Air Force said the public app sent erroneous alerts after being hacked, while the country's air raid alert system sounded false nuclear and chemical warnings.
Why it matters: Ukrainian civilians who rely on the public app for real air raid warnings instead received false radiation, nuclear and chemical alerts, mixing fabricated danger signals with the country's air raid alert system. The Ukrainian Air Force's confirmation that the app sent erroneous alerts after a hack puts the breach of a civilian-facing alert channel on the record.
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