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Russia and Ukraine accused each other of hacking their emergency alert applications as a local ceasefire in the war's eastern Kherson region expired on Sunday. The cyberattacks came as both sides warned…

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Russia and Ukraine say emergency alert apps were hit by apparent cyber-attacks - follow live

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Cyber attacks hit Russia, Ukraine after truce ends.
Ukraine blames Russia after air alert app sends out false warnings.

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DW: Ukraine and Russia have both reported cyberattacks targeting applications used to send emergency alerts to the public. Meanwhile, Zelenskyy
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BBC News: The emergencies ministry in Moscow says there was a "massive cyber-attack” while Ukraine says false alerts were sent on its air raid warning
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france24.com (FR): Russia and Ukraine accused each other of hacking their emergency alert applications as a local ceasefire in the war's eastern Kherson region
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Yahoo: Russia said its emergency warnings app came under a "massive cyberattack" on Monday, hours after Ukraine reported a hack in an apparent exch
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Mathrubhumi English: Russia reported a massive hack of its emergency app hours after Ukraine warned that its air raid alert system had been compromised.

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