Ukraine air raid alert app hacked to send false threat notifications
Ukraine's air raid alert app was hacked and displayed false warnings of nuclear and chemical threats, urban combat and missile deployments. Authorities said there was no actual radiation threat and announced around an hour later that the false notifications had been removed and normal system operation restored. Air raid sirens and separate warning channels continued to function normally.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- False warnings of nuclear and chemical threats and other dangers displayed in the air raid alert app
- Cause / method
- Hacking of the air raid alert app to send false notifications
- Location
- Ukraine
Timeline
- A hack of Ukraine's air raid alert app sent false threat notifications, and authorities announced that the false notifications had been removed and normal system operation restored.
- President Zelenskyy confirmed that Ukraine had carried out retaliatory hacking following a Russian cyber-attack on Ukraine's emergency alert system.
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