Key facts
- Brazil's federal police are investigating a suspected hacking attack.
- An unauthorized alert was sent to millions of Brazilian mobile phones.
- The alert message contained the word "misanthropy."
- The civil defense alert system has been taken offline.
- The civil defense alert system is expected to be restored soon.
Brazil's federal police are investigating a suspected hacking attack that resulted in an unauthorized alert being sent to millions of mobile phones across the country. The alert message contained the single word "misanthropy." In response to the incident, the civil defense alert system has been taken offline. Authorities expect the system to be restored soon. The breach has prompted an investigation into the security of the national alert infrastructure.