A hoax 'alien invasion' alert in Brazil caused panic and amusement, revealing vulnerabilities in emergency systems.

Brazilians wake to fake alien attack alerts on 19 June after hackers slipped through a backdoor the FCC has spent years studying Paweł/Pixabay A hacker who breached Brazil's national emergency alert ...

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Imagine being in bed, sound asleep, when your country's emergency alert system suddenly goes off on your phone. Scary stuff.

Hackers breached Brazil’s national emergency alert system overnight on June 19 and 20, sending fake notifications to ...