Photo: RBK-Ukraine, CC BY 4.0 (file image: Kyiv residents sheltering in the metro during a Russian missile attack, December 2022) / Source: Wikimedia Commons
NEW World · 06:55
Hackers hit Ukraine's air raid app with fake radiation alert for Kyiv, then Russia's emergency app is attacked
Ukraine's official air raid alert app was apparently hacked on Sunday night and briefly told users that Kyiv faced a radiation threat, followed by fake warnings of a chemical attack and street fighting in the capital. A few hours later, Russia's emergencies ministry said its own app had been hit by "a massive cyberattack" that sent false information to the public. The attacks came minutes before a local ceasefire in the Kherson region expired.