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In a post late Sunday on Telegram, Ukraine’s air raid alert
channel wrote that “unauthorized parties” had interfered with
the messaging app’s operation, and that it had been temporarily
suspended. It warned users not to click on links contained in
“suspicious notifications.”
Authorities in Ukraine said the app, which Ukrainians rely on to
seek safety amid daily Russian missile and drone strikes, was
restored overnight. The alerts — making false claims of high
radiation levels, a chemical threat and public disturbances in
Kyiv — were written in English with spelling mistakes and
grammatical errors as well as in a mix of Russian and Ukrainian.
One of the false posts mentioned the hacking group Hitcore.
Mash, a Russian Telegram channel with links to the security
services, said it had spoken to representatives of Hitcore and
that they had claimed responsibility for the attack. That claim
could not be independently verified.
Ukraine's state-run Center for Countering Disinformation
reported the breach and urged users to monitor emergency
channels on social media and rely on physical alerts while the
cyberattack was being addressed.
Russian officials said Monday that hackers had sent fake
emergency alerts after gaining access to the mobile app for
Russia’s Emergency Ministry.
The ministry did not name who carried out the attack. In a
statement, it reassured Russians that the wider public alert
system was working normally, and that the mobile app acted as a
supplementary service alongside alerts shared through SMS
alerts, media broadcasts and municipal sirens and loudspeakers.
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