‘I barely slept last night’: Hackers sent an ‘extreme’ alert to millions of Brazilians using the government’s own tools, and that’s a huge concern
- Millions of Brazilians received an unauthorized government alert
- The text simply read ‘misanthropi4’ and it’s unknown who sent it
- The government has denied it was responsible, pointing towards hackers
If you’re based in the US, you might know about AMBER alerts, also known as Wireless Emergency Alerts, which are mass-broadcast messages sent to every smartphone in a designated area. Several other nations have similar platforms in place, including Brazil — but many Brazilians recently learned that their emergency alert system wasn’t quite as secure as they might have hoped.
In the early hours of Saturday morning, millions of Brazilians were jolted awake by a mysterious message from the country’s alert system. The alert level was classified as “extreme,” and concerningly, it’s thought it was the work of hackers rather than any official body.
The message, which was sent to civilians in the southern state of Paraná and the cities...
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