‘Stay calm’: Ukraine says public air raid alert app sent false alerts after being hacked

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Ukraine says its public air raid alert app was hacked, sending false warnings out to users. The erroneous messages claimed that Kyiv and other areas were subject to nuclear and chemical alerts. They also said that Russia's hypersonic Oreshnik missile had been deployed. Ukrainian authorities told the public to stay calm as the fake alerts circulated. The false warnings went out through the same platform Ukrainians rely on for genuine attack alerts.

The erroneous messages said that Kyiv and other areas were subject to nuclear and chemical alerts and that Russia’s hypersonic Oreshnik missile had been deployed.

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