Ukraine and Russia report alert app hacks after false warnings

Ukraine’s emergency alert app issued false warnings on Sunday evening, including a nationwide air raid alert and notifications of a radiological threat, a chemical attack and street fighting in Kyiv, according to BBC News. The threats described in those alerts turned out to be false.

A few hours later, Russia reported that its equivalent app had also sent false alerts. Both countries said their systems had been hacked. The BBC report does not establish who was responsible for either incident or whether they were connected; the sequence of reports alone does not resolve those questions.

The incidents concern apps used to communicate emergency threats, making the reliability of their warnings central to this report. In Ukraine, the false notifications covered several distinct dangers, rather than only an air raid. The source provides no detail on public responses, technical vulnerabilities or the evidence supporting either country’s hacking claim.