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Massive cyberattack targets Russian alert application

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Russia’s Emergency Situations Ministry reported a massive cyberattack on its mobile application, used to alert the public, and said its teams were working to restore its operation. Ukraine’s air force application was also hacked, L’essentiel reports in its coverage of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Russia’s Emergency Situations Ministry announced on Monday that it had suffered a “massive cyberattack” against its mobile alert application, allowing attackers to spread false information to the public, according to a message published by the ministry on Telegram.

The application reports, among other things, Ukrainian drone attacks and other dangers. Russia’s ministry said its teams were working to fix the vulnerability and restore normal operation, according to the same message.

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