Ukraine and Russia both report cyberattacks on emergency apps

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Authorities in both Ukraine and Russia say that their emergency alert mobile applications were targeted by cyberattacks late Sunday, with residents in Ukraine receiving messages that there was a high nuclear radiation danger in the capital Kyiv.In a post late Sunday on Telegram, Ukraine’s air raid alert channel wrote that “unauthorized parties” had interfered with the messaging app’s operation, and that it had been temporarily suspended. It warned users not to click on links contained in “suspicious notifications.”Authorities in Ukraine said the app, which Ukrainians rely on to seek safety amid daily Russian missile and drone strikes, was restored overnight. The alerts — making false claims of high radiation levels, a chemical threat and public disturbances in Kyiv — were written in English with spelling mistakes and grammatical errors as well as in a mix of Russian and Ukrainian.One of the false posts mentioned the hacking group Hitcore. Mash, a Russian Telegram c