Russian emergency ministry app hacked to send false nuclear attack alerts
The Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations' official disaster alert app was hacked, and false notifications warning of a nuclear attack were sent. The ministry announced on 2 November that the app's administrator panel had been attacked. False disaster alerts had also occurred earlier in Ukraine, and President Zelenskyy said the hacking of Russia's alert system was a response to Russian cyber-attacks.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- False nuclear attack alerts sent to 33 regions
- Cause / method
- Hacking of the disaster alert app's administrator panel
- Location
- Russia
Timeline
- The Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations announced a cyber-attack on its disaster alert app, and the sending of false nuclear attack alerts became known.
- President Zelenskyy said the hacking of Russia's alert system was a response to Russian cyber-attacks.
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