Ukrainian Air Force: “Air Alert” app likely hacked, there is no radiation threat
Ukraine’s Air Force said there is no radiation threat in the country. The app’s team disabled push notifications and temporarily suspended the app after unauthorized interference by outsiders.
The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said on the evening of 1 November that the “Air Alert” (Povitryana tryvoha) mobile app had likely been hacked and that there is no radiation threat in Ukraine.
The Air Force urged citizens to stay calm and follow official announcements.
The app’s team said on its Telegram channel: “Today, outsiders carried out unauthorized interference in the app’s operation. We have disabled push notifications and temporarily suspended the app. The app does not store personal data, so there is no threat to users. We ask you under no circumstances to follow links from suspicious notifications.” The team said it was already working to restore the app and apologized to users.
The Kyiv City State Administration said the “Kyiv Digital” (Kyiv Tsyfrovyi) app and the capital’s street warning system were operating normally and would announce an air alert should a threat arise. According to the administration, there was no air alert in Kyiv at that moment.
The “Air Alert” app was launched in March 2022, in the first weeks of the war with Russia, to warn Ukrainian residents of the danger of air attacks. Since August 2022 the app has also sent warnings about chemical and radiation hazards. By the end of 2024 it had been downloaded more than 24 million times.
