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Hackers hijacked Brazil’s emergency alert system and sent ‘misanthropy’ to millions of phones
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 […] This story continues at The Next Web
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