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Millions in Brazil Get Fake Government Mobile Alert After Hack
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Millions in Brazil Get Fake Government Mobile Alert After Hack

Bloomberg Tech · Jun 20, 2026, 4:45 PM

Brazil’s Integration and Regional Development Ministry and federal police are investigating an intrusion into the civil defense alert system that sent messages containing the word “misanthropy” to the mobile phones of millions of Brazilians.

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