What we all know in regards to the alert app hack in Ukraine and Russia

Ukraine’s emergency alert app issued a nationwide air raid warning, in addition to alerts for a radiological menace, a chemical assault and avenue combating in Kyiv on Sunday night – all of which turned out to false.

Just a few hours later, Russia stated its equal app had additionally issued false alerts, with each international locations claiming their methods had been hacked.

It’s nonetheless unclear who’s accountable for the cyber-attacks and whether or not the 2 incidents are related – the BBC’s cyber correspondent Joe Tidy explains what we all know to date.

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