DST News: Russia has reported a “massive cyberattack” on its emergency warning app, hours after Ukraine announced that its air raid alert app had also been hacked.

Russia’s Emergencies Ministry said early Monday that the attack had caused “false information” to spread through its app, which alerts users to incoming drone attacks.

The ministry did not identify those responsible for the cyberattack.

Earlier on Sunday evening, Ukraine’s Air Force reported that users of its air raid alert app had received fake warnings about nuclear and chemical threats in and around Kyiv, as well as possible street fighting.

One false alert also claimed that Russia had deployed its hypersonic Oreshnik missile.

“The air alert app appears to have been subjected to enemy influence,” the Ukrainian Air Force said in a post on Telegram on Sunday. It urged people to remain calm, stressing that there was no radiation threat and advising them to follow updates through its official channel.

Ukraine’s Centre for Strategic Communications, known as SPRAVDI, accused Russia of being behind the attack in a post on X.

The air raid alert app is widely used across Ukraine to provide real-time warnings of incoming Russian air attacks. However, a separate app dedicated to the Ukrainian capital continued to operate normally, according to Kyiv authorities.

The cyberattack reports came after a temporary truce between Russia and Ukraine ended in part of the Russian-occupied Kherson region.

The localised ceasefire, which began on Tuesday and ended on Sunday, was the longest truce observed during the war so far.

Source: ALJAZEERA