The national Civil Defense Alert platform sent out bizarre emergency warnings due to an apparent hack
Thousands of Brazilians across multiple states were shocked and puzzled by emergency alerts sent to their cell phones in the middle of the night, some containing gibberish while others warned them to brace for an imminent alien attack.
The false alarms were sent between Friday night and early Saturday morning through Brazil’s national Civil Defense Alert platform, a system normally reserved for serious warnings about floods, landslides, storms and other emergencies.
Instead, residents in several cities were jolted awake by “extreme alert”…
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