Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed in an interview with PBS News’ Amna Nawaz that his country hacked Russia’s emergency alert system after Russia seemingly attacked Ukraine’s alert system overnight.
“We only respond on their attacks,” Zelenskyy told PBS News. After the attack, “when it was very clear … that it’s their personal attack against our people, civilians, of course, we responded,” he added.
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Ukrainian authorities said users received false warnings of an imminent nuclear threat on their emergency alert mobile apps on Sunday. The alert system was suspended but is now back up and running.
“They attacked our system,” Zelenskyy said of Russia. “It was a cyberattack.”
Russian authorities on Monday said hackers gained access to the country’s emergency mobile app and sent fake emergency alerts.
See more of our interview with Zelenskyy on Monday’s PBS News Hour.
