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Hackers broke the Kyiv Independent system and sent readers fake about the «nuclear warhead on Kyiv».

Readers of the Kyiv Independent received emails with a fake message about the "nuclear warhead on Kyiv".

Original: Хакери зламали систему Kyiv Independent і розіслали читачам фейк про «ядерну боєголовку на Київ».

War Kyiv 11 independent outlets · 18 articles translated from Ukrainian
"Зеленський запустив ядерку на Київ": читачі ЗМІ отримали моторошні листи через злам видання
Photo: Focus

What outlets write

  1. NV (New Time) 4 November, 16:40
    «On the night of November 4, hackers attacked the website of the publication The Kyiv Independent»
  2. Tvoe Misto 4 November, 12:24
    «The fake report referred to the alleged merger of Vladimir Zelensky with the Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and the launch of nuclear weapons on Kyiv»

Reactions

Editor-in-chief Olga Rudenko said that the editors did not send this letter.

Hromadske 4 November

Who reports

11 independent outlets · 18 articles

oligarch TSN (1+1)
commercial Novyi Format Focus Glavcom Novyny.LIVE NV (New Time)
non-profit Hromadske Apostrophe Tvoe Misto Detector Media

Why this story is on top

  • Spreading fast: 14 articles in 3 hours
  • Scale: nuclear or chemical threat
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