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Russian emergencies ministry's mobile app hit by cyberattack, TASS says

Reuters

Nov ‌2 (Reuters) - The mobile app ​of ‌Russia's emergencies ‌ministry was hit by ‌a massive cyberattack that resulted in the ⁠spread ‌of false ⁠information to the ​public, state news agency ​TASS quoted ​the ‌ministry as ​saying ⁠early on ‌Monday.

The ministry ​was ​working to restore the app, TASS said, ‌without providing additional ‌details.

(Reporting by ​Jekaterīna Golubkova in Tokyo; Editing by ‌Thomas Derpinghaus)