Fake Nuclear Threat Alerts Sent to Mobile Phones in Ukraine as Hackers Access Emergency Alert Systems
Ukraine’s air alert app was hacked to send false nuclear and chemical warnings, with officials saying the hoax messages reached users in Kyiv and beyond.
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‘We'll watch this one very closely’ as Streeting warns of Russian cyber threat after Ukraine nuclear alert hack - London Business News
Ukraine and Russia have been hit by a wave of bogus emergency warnings after air alert applications in both countries were reportedly compromised, raising fears that cyber-attacks are increasingly being… The post ‘We’ll watch this one very closely’ as Streeting warns of Russian cyber threat after Ukraine nuclear alert hack appeared first on London Business News
A radiological alert sounded by speakers in Lviv via Air Alert, although Ukrainian intelligence claimed there was no radiological threat. The Ministry of Digital Transformation said the application was temporarily disabled for maintenance after it had apparently been compromised.The entry The Ukrainian alert app would have been hacked and broadcast a false radiological alarm appears first in Merca2.
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