The Ukraine hack is one of the fastest-rising stories on Reddit right now. Over roughly 15 hours, 5 threads about it surfaced across 2 subreddits, most of the conversation happening in r/worldnews and r/news. Combined, those threads hold roughly 7.3K upvotes and 190 comments so far.
What the sources report
Here is how the outlets linked in these threads describe what happened, word for word.
- The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine's air raid alert system hacked, Air Force says as false nuclear, chemical warnings sound
Ukraine's air raid alert system was hacked late on Nov. 1, the Air Force said as sirens sounded across the country, falsely notifying people of nuclear, chemical, and street fighting threats.
- BBC News: Ukraine and Russia air raid apps hacked to send fake radiation alerts
Fake alerts warned residents of imminent air raids, including nuclear strikes and chemical attacks.
- Yahoo News: Germany's Steinmeier: Xi against China-US-Russia summit on Ukraine
China has shown no interest in holding a three-way summit with Russia and the United States to discuss Ukraine, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has said in an interview with German television...
Where Reddit is talking about it
| Community | Threads | Upvotes | Comments | First thread |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| r/worldnews | 4 | 7,019 | 177 | Nov 1, 17:20 UTC |
| r/news | 1 | 315 | 13 | Nov 2, 02:10 UTC |
The biggest threads
- Ukraine's air raid alert system hacked, Air Force says as false nuclear, chemical warnings soundr/worldnews · 5,812 upvotes · 155 comments · Nov 1, 21:31 UTC · The Kyiv Independent
- Officials sound alarm over Ukraine's capacity for air defence amid U.S. supply delaysr/worldnews · 1,205 upvotes · 21 comments · Nov 1, 17:20 UTC · hilltimes.com
- Ukraine air raid app apparently hacked as users receive false radiation alert, Air Force saysr/news · 315 upvotes · 13 comments · Nov 2, 02:10 UTC · BBC News
- Ukraine and Russia air raid apps hacked to send fake radiation alertsr/worldnews · 1 upvotes · 1 comments · Nov 2, 07:56 UTC · BBC News
- Germany's Steinmeier: Xi against China-US-Russia summit on Ukrainer/worldnews · 1 upvotes · 0 comments · Nov 2, 08:18 UTC · yahoo.com
Timeline on Reddit
- First thread we found, in r/worldnews: “Officials sound alarm over Ukraine's capacity for air defence amid U.S. supply delays”
- The biggest thread so far is posted in r/worldnews (5,812 upvotes, 155 comments by our last count).
- First link to BBC News shared, in r/news.
- Latest thread in our sample, in r/worldnews.
What people are asking
Questions from the most-upvoted comments in the biggest threads. They show what people still want to know; they are questions, not answers.
- “Which officials are sounding the alarm over this?” — asked in r/worldnews
How this page is made
SubMouse watches dozens of large, safe-for-work subreddits and Google's trending searches. When several communities start talking about the same event at the same time, we group those threads into one story and publish this page, then refresh it while the story keeps rising. The counts are ours; everything said about the event itself is quoted and credited to the post or outlet it comes from. Claims in Reddit posts are unverified unless an outlet confirms them. Upvote and comment counts come from Reddit's public data via the Arctic Shift archive and can lag. Spotted a mistake? Tell us. Not affiliated with Reddit.