{"id":"dc6e96b3-8de2-40c3-a045-9baca05a414c","url":"https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/stay-calm-ukraine-says-public-air-raid-alert-app-sent-false-alerts-after-being-hacked-20261102-p61amq.html","domain":"smh.com.au","outlet":{"name":"The Sydney Morning Herald","country":"AU","cred":null,"lean":null,"curated":false},"title":"‘Stay calm’: Ukraine says public air raid alert app sent false alerts after being hacked","plainHeadline":"Ukraine says the public air raid alert app was hacked and sent false alerts.","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["Ukraine’s Air Alert app was hacked, showing false nuclear and chemical alerts.","Messages claimed Russia’s hypersonic Oreshnik missile was deployed.","The air force said the app appeared to be under enemy influence and anomalous alerts ceased shortly after.","Ministry for Digital Transformation said the app was not in operation, other alerts remained active.","The incident occurred while civilians in Kherson prepared for a local ceasefire and evacuations continued."],"topics":["Politics","Cybersecurity"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-11-02T03:32:37.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-11-02T04:33:17.107Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/6059075c-1a49-440d-887c-510e00037a69","storyId":"6059075c-1a49-440d-887c-510e00037a69","image":"https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_1.6343%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_248/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Ce_sharpen:60%2Cf_auto/ca175ad807cf323d8ca3e3f00b6586f7e3460222","author":"Ron Popeski, Bogdan Kochubey, Jekaterīna Golubkova","dek":"The erroneous messages said that Kyiv and other areas were subject to nuclear and chemical alerts and that Russia’s hypersonic Oreshnik missile had been deployed."}