Ukraine-Krieg: App für Notfall-Warnungen in Ukraine und Russland gehackt
Radioaktive Strahlung in Kiew und Angriffe mit chemischen Waffen? Falsche Warnmeldungen in einer offenbar gehackten Notfall-App schrecken Bürger in der Ukraine auf. Es folgt ein Cyberangriff auf Russland.
Emergency alert applications in Ukraine and Russia have been hacked. In Ukraine, the official "Air Alert" app falsely warned citizens about radioactive radiation in the capital, Kyiv, late Sunday evening. The Ukrainian Air Force announced via Telegram that the app might have been compromised by the enemy, clarifying that there was no radiation danger.
Later that night, Russia reported a significant cyberattack on its warning app, according to the state news agency Tass citing the Civil Defense Ministry. The attackers allegedly sent false information to the public. The Civil Defense Ministry's website was temporarily inaccessible in the early hours of Monday night. The sequence of events suggests that the attack on Ukraine's system may have been a counterattack from Kyiv.
Russia has been heavily bombing Ukraine for four and a half years, including cyberattacks which receive less media attention.
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