Yevhen Baliutov

“It's very dangerous for Ukraine and for our people. When developing such applications, we need to consider security from the very beginning, without skipping essential security measures. When millions of people rely on a service, we cannot afford to take shortcuts with security.”

Yevhen Baliutov · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-02

Baliutov said the hack illustrated the weakness of a crucial alert system and stressed that security must be built into such applications from the start.

“This is a war, so it's no surprise that Russia will try to hack, will try to send us fake news, will try to manipulate, and will use that for their propaganda.”

Yevhen Baliutov · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-02

Baliutov told the BBC it was clear to him the Ukrainian alert system was hacked by Russians amid the ongoing war.