Around midnight into Monday, 2 November, Ukraine's air-raid alert app was hacked and sent Kyiv residents false warnings of radiation and street fighting; the air force says there is no radiation threat. TASS separately reports a cyberattack on a Russian emergencies ministry app, as relayed by Reuters.
Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, both sides have run cyber operations alongside the fighting, targeting government systems, infrastructure and public-facing services. Ukraine and Russia typically blame each other for disruptions, and attribution is often unconfirmed.
Around midnight into Monday, Kyiv residents received false warnings of radiation and street fighting, and Ukraine's air force said its air-raid alert app had been hacked and that there is no radiation threat. TASS separately reports a cyberattack on the Russian emergencies ministry's mobile app, as relayed by Reuters.