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Ukraine and Russia hack each other's nuclear-alert apps in retaliatory cyberattacks

Ukraine's air raid alert app hacked with fake nuclear warnings

1 Nov 1 6:00 PM · 6d ago · 30 articles · 10 posts · 1 comment · 6 sources · development 1 of 6

Ukraine's Air Force said the Air Alert app was compromised, triggering sirens nationwide and sending false alerts of nuclear, chemical and street-fighting threats; the app's developers disabled push notifications and suspended the service.

Ukraine's air raid alert app hacked with fake nuclear warnings
kyivindependent.com

“Hi! A nuclear alert is about to go off all across Ukraine! Don't worry, the Oreshnik is on its way”

fake alert on Air Alert app

Volodymyr Zelensky President of UkraineDmitry PeskovDmitry Peskov Kremlin spokespersonMelanie Garson Associate Professor in International Security, UCLSvitlana Onyshchuk Governor of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, UkraineNatalia Zabolotna Governor of Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine

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What was reported 9 claims about this development

  1. 13 outlets Hackers Hijack Ukraine's Air Raid App With Fake Nuclear Alerts

    first by Seoul Economic Daily, 6d ago · also Kyiv Independent, Reuters, Straits Times, Arab News, The Times of Israel, RedState +6

    9 more headlines
  2. 13 outlets Fake warnings of nuclear attack posted on hacked Russian and Ukrainian emergency apps

    first by CNN, 6d ago · also Yahoo News Canada, Business Insider, NY Post, New York Post, ZeroHedge, The Record +6

    9 more headlines
  3. 5 outlets Ukraine blames Russia after air alert app sends out false warnings

    first by Reuters, 6d ago · also NBC News, Bloomberg, BBC, Al Jazeera

    3 more headlines
  4. 5 outlets Ukrainian air raid warning app 'compromised,' issues false alerts

    first by UPI, 6d ago · also ABC Australia, ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Sydney Morning Herald, Independent UK

    4 more headlines
  5. 3 outlets Ukraine hacked Russian alert app in retaliation

    first by The Canberra Times, 6d ago · also Sky News, The National UAE

    2 more headlines
  6. 3 outlets Ukraine air raid app apparently hacked as users receive false radiation alert, Air Force says

    first by BBC, 6d ago · also Straits Times, Reuters

    2 more headlines
  7. 1 outlet Ukraine responds to Russian cyberattack on air-raid alert system – Zelenskyy

    first by Interfax-Ukraine, 5d ago

  8. 1 outlet Ukraine says air alert system hacked after false radiation warning in Kyiv

    first by Fox News, 6d ago

  9. 1 outlet Ukraine air raid alert system suffers ‘hostile interference’: air force

    first by Arab News, 6d ago

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