{
  "id": 18634813,
  "title": "Race to find hoaxers behind Europe's flight disruption",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/07/race-to-find-hoaxers-behind-europes-flight-disruption-18634813",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-07T04:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The National Business",
    "slug": "the-national-business",
    "url": "https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/europe/2026/11/07/race-to-find-hoaxers-behind-europes-flight-disruption/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A hoax email campaign targeting European media organizations and airlines has caused widespread disruption and security concerns across the continent. The anonymous threats, sent under the name \"Mikhail Andropov,\" warned of further attacks and paralysing damage. Irish authorities are investigating the origins of the hoax, while European airports and airlines reported disruptions and additional security measures. The campaign is suspected to be a co-ordinated effort, potentially linked to Russia's support for Ukraine. Media organizations, such as the Irish broadcaster RTE, evacuated newsrooms and abandoned programming upon receiving the threatening letter titled \"Message to the West.\"",
  "summary": "One of the first glimpses of email threats causing security chaos in Europe has revealed a wide-reaching ambition to inflict paralysing damage via anonymous bomb scares. In its email to broadcasters in Ireland, references were made to the disruption facing dozens of flights this week, warning “this is only the beginning” and that the events were only a “small part of what awaits Europe in the…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}