UFO panic in Brazil: Hackers send fake emergency alerts after system hack
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In Brazil, a massive breach of the national emergency alert system was recorded. Hackers gained unauthorized access to the Civil Protection platform and remotely sent fake alert messages to residents, reports the Brazilian news service g1.
An emergency alert sound was triggered on the mobile phones of residents in at least seven Brazilian cities between the evening of Friday, June 19, and the morning of Saturday, June 20.
The sent messages contained the word "misanthrophy" (which means aversion or hatred towards humanity) and had no relation to real threats.
In the city of Belo Horizonte (Minas Gerais state), local residents said that the alert mentioned an invasion from space: "Protect yourselves: ALIEN ATTACK, PEOPLE, WE HAVE ARRIVED."
Meanwhile, in Rio de Janeiro, the message arrived with errors and without proper context: "misantropo ADRESS RJ burros dms pprt."
Brazil's National Civil Protection reported that the platform used for sending emergency signals was taken offline at 01:30 on Saturday after the breach was confirmed.
According to the agency, the messages were sent by an unauthorized third party, and the incident will be investigated by the Federal Police.
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