Hackers breach Brazil's civil defense alert system, send fake warnings to millions of phones
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Ana Maria Constantin
Summary
Hackers breached Brazil's national civil defense alert system, sending fake "Extreme Alert" notifications containing the word "misantropi4" to millions of phones across at least seven states. The breach was detected late Friday night, and the platform was taken offline early Saturday morning. The Federal Police are investigating, and no restoration timeline has been provided.
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· 3 pulledThe 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.
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