A hoax 'alien invasion' alert in Brazil caused panic and amusement, revealing vulnerabilities in emergency systems. Authorities are investigating the breach.

Brazilians wake to fake alien attack alerts on 19 June after hackers slipped through a backdoor the FCC has spent years studying Paweł/Pixabay A hacker who breached Brazil's national emergency alert ...

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Imagine receiving an alert on your phone from a government agency at night, warning you about an alien attack, when you have barely made it onto your bed. That is what happened to thousands of ...

Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi blockbuster is a non-stop thrill ride, but did it convince you that we are not alone?

Steven Spielberg brings back aliens and government conspiracies for another round in Disclosure Day, but his ambitions fall a little flat.

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Space exploration was a major theme of a state House hearing on Tuesday, even as the budget deadline looms over lawmakers.

A hacker who breached Brazil's national emergency alert system and pushed fake 'alien attack' warnings to millions of phones overnight has handed cybersecurity experts a working demonstration of a ...

Steven Spielberg's latest film "Disclosure Day" isn't "E.T." or "Close Encounters of the Third Kind." But it is thrilling, ...