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Brazil shuts down emergency alert system after cyberattack

Published 22 June 2026

Millions of Brazilians were awakened by unauthorized emergency alerts on their mobile phones overnight Friday into Saturday, in what authorities are investigating as a likely cyberattack on the national civil defense warning system.

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