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  "id": 17798785,
  "title": "Kyiv air raid app hacked, sends false radiation alerts",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/kyiv-air-raid-app-hacked-sends-false-radiation-alerts",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-02T12:06:05.000Z",
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  "summary": "A cyberattack on Kyiv's air raid warning app sent fake radiation and chemical alerts, prompting authorities to urge calm and dismiss any real threat.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The National UAE",
        "title": "Fake alerts warn of nuclear attack after Ukraine and Russian systems hacked",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/fake-alerts-warn-of-nuclear-attack-after-ukraine-and-russian-systems",
        "published": "2026-11-02T08:30:55.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Euromaidan Press",
        "title": "Ukraine’s Air Alert app was warn of radiation, chemicals, and street fighting in Kyiv. None of it was real",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/ukraines-air-alert-app-was-warn-of-radiation-chemicals-and-street",
        "published": "2026-11-02T08:53:57.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Live Mint",
        "title": "Ukraine, Russia emergency alert apps hit by cyberattacks; fake nuclear radiation alerts sent to users — What we know",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/ukraine-russia-emergency-alert-apps-hit-by-cyberattacks-fake-nuclear",
        "published": "2026-11-02T11:12:52.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Voice of Ukraine",
        "title": "Russian hackers target Ukraine’s Air Alert app, but defense operations unaffected",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/russian-hackers-target-ukraines-air-alert-app-but-defense-operations",
        "published": "2026-11-02T12:30:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "BBC News",
        "title": "What we know about the alert app hack in Ukraine and Russia",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/what-we-know-about-the-alert-app-hack-in-ukraine-and-russia",
        "published": "2026-11-02T14:24:25.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Fast Company",
        "title": "Fake nuclear threat alerts sent to mobile phones in Ukraine as hackers access emergency alert systems",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/fake-nuclear-threat-alerts-sent-to-mobile-phones-in-ukraine-as",
        "published": "2026-11-02T15:35:30.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "PBS NewsHour",
        "title": "WATCH: Zelenskyy confirms Ukraine hacked back after Russia's cyberattack of its emergency alert system",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/watch-zelenskyy-confirms-ukraine-hacked-back-after-russias",
        "published": "2026-11-02T18:06:16.000Z"
      }
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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."
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