A hoax 'alien invasion' alert in Brazil caused panic and amusement, revealing vulnerabilities in emergency systems. Authorities are investigating the breach.

Imagine receiving an alert on your phone from a government agency at night, warning you about an alien attack, when you have barely made it onto your bed. That is what happened to thousands of ...

Panic Erupts in Brazil In Brazil, chaos ensued around 1 AM when thousands received a chilling alert on their mobile devices. The message read, “Humans, we have arrived”, prompting widespread fear and ...

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 ...

A hacker group infiltrated Brazil's national emergency alert system during the night of June 19-20, 2026, sending false alerts to residents of at least seven cities claiming an 'imminent alien attack.

Thousands of Brazilians received emergency alerts in the middle of the night warning of an "alien attack." Users received a flurry of push notifications mimicking government emergency alerts. It was ...