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Russia's emergency alert app hacked with fake nuclear strike warning

Original: BREAKING: Russia's emergency alert app has now been hacked to warn of an incoming nuclear strike, hours after Ukrainians

Hackers broke into Russia's national emergency alert app and pushed a fake warning of an incoming nuclear strike. The fake alert appeared hours after Ukrainians reported receiving similar false warnings on their own systems. There is no indication of an actual missile launch, and officials have not confirmed who is behind the breach. The back-to-back intrusions on both countries' alert networks are drawing concern about how easily emergency infrastructure can be manipulated mid-war.

Why now: A fake nuclear strike alert on Russia's own emergency system, hours after similar fake alerts in Ukraine, is alarming wartime escalation news

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