Ukraine and Russia reported cyber attacks on their emergency warning applications; Attacks in which fake warning messages were sent to citizens in both countries. It is not clear who or what group is behind these attacks.
On Sunday night, minutes after the end of the ceasefire in Ukraine, that country's air force and the Ukrainian government's Center for the Prevention of False Information first announced that the country's airstrike warning system may have been hacked, as several fake warnings about radioactive material threats appeared in this application.
A few hours later, the authorities in Russia announced that the country's emergency alert application had been hacked.
On the morning of Monday, November 2, the Ministry of Emergency Affairs in Russia announced that the public warning system in the country is "normally active".
The ministry emphasized that citizens will receive information about possible warnings through several channels, including alarms and loudspeakers in the city, text messages and through television and radio.
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