Hackers hijacked Brazil’s emergency alert system and sent ‘misanthropy’ to millions of phones
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Brazil’s civil defense alert system was hacked, sending fake extreme alerts with the word “misantropi4” to millions of phones before the platform was shut down.
Hackers breached Brazil’s national civil defense alert system overnight, sending fake “Extreme Alert” notifications containing the word “misantropi4” to millions of mobile phones across at least seven states. The Civil Defense Alert platform was taken offline at 1:30 am on Saturday after the Ministry of Integration and Regional Development confirmed the intrusion.
The Federal Police has been activated to investigate. No timeframe has been given for when the platform will be restored.
The first unauthorized alert was registered around 11:40 pm on Friday, 19 June, in Paraná. Within hours, the same emergency sound, the type that bypasses silent mode and overrides whatever is on screen, reached phones in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasília, Bahia, Pará, Mato Grosso do Sul,...
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