{
  "id": 17738869,
  "title": "‘Stay calm’: Ukraine says public air raid alert app sent false alerts after being hacked",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/stay-calm-ukraine-says-public-air-raid-alert-app-sent-false-alerts",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-02T03:32:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
    "slug": "the-sydney-morning-herald",
    "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/stay-calm-ukraine-says-public-air-raid-alert-app-sent-false-alerts-after-being-hacked-20261102-p61amq.html?ref=rss"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 6,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Kyiv Independent",
        "title": "Ukraine's air raid alert system hacked, Air Force says as false nuclear, chemical warnings sound",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/ukraines-air-raid-alert-system-hacked-air-force-says-as-false-nuclear",
        "published": "2026-11-01T21:29:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "BBC News",
        "title": "Ukraine air raid app apparently hacked as users receive false radiation threat, Air Force says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/ukraine-air-raid-app-apparently-hacked-as-users-receive-false",
        "published": "2026-11-01T22:38:24.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Le Monde English",
        "title": "Ukraine's air force says its air raid alert system suffers 'hostile interference'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/ukraines-air-force-says-its-air-raid-alert-system-suffers-hostile",
        "published": "2026-11-01T23:09:27.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Ukraine suspects nationwide air raid alert app has been hacked",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/ukraine-suspects-nationwide-air-raid-alert-app-has-been-hacked",
        "published": "2026-11-02T01:20:44.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "‘Stay calm’: Ukraine says public air raid alert app sent false alerts after being hacked",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/stay-calm-ukraine-says-public-air-raid-alert-app-sent-false-alerts-17739057",
        "published": "2026-11-02T03:32:37.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}