News organizations including Ireland's RTE, Bulgaria's Nova TV, and Britain's Sky were targeted by emails warning of transport attacks across Europe from a sender claiming responsibility for flight hoaxes. The threats prompted RTE to evacuate its offices and temporarily suspend its broadcast programming on Friday. Meanwhile, the aviation disruptions continued as Hungarian military jets escorted commercial airliners and a Wizz Air flight diverted to Venice. European officials view the multi-day incidents as potential hybrid warfare, prompting NATO to initiate air patrols in the region.
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European authorities suspect the coordinated wave of flight and media threats constitutes…: European authorities suspect the coordinated wave of flight and media threats constitutes a hybrid campaign targeting allies of Ukraine.
NATO ordered regional air patrols to respond to the aviation disruptions, marking the mil…: NATO ordered regional air patrols to respond to the aviation disruptions, marking the military alliance's first reported involvement.
Moscow has officially denied any involvement in the threats, while the true identity and…: Moscow has officially denied any involvement in the threats, while the true identity and origin of the sender remain unconfirmed.
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Newsrooms in Ireland and Bulgaria received emailed bomb threats Friday from a purported "Mikhail Andropov", claiming responsibility for a widening wave of hoax threats disrupting passenger flights across Europe.
The messages, sent to Bulgaria's Nova TV and the Irish public broadcaster RTE, which evacuated its offices and suspended programming, were headlined "Message to the West" and portrayed the threats as the prelude to a series of attacks on means of transport across Europe. The British broadcaster Sky also said it had received a security threat. Reuters was not able to establish the identity of the sender, the origin of the emails, or whether they had in fact come from the same source as the threats to any or all of the dozens of flights affected since Tuesday.
But they added to concern among European officials that the hoaxes are part of a campaign of "hybrid" disruptions, which many have blamed on Russia, aimed at countries that have helped Ukraine. Moscow has denied involvement. Spanish foreign minister Jose Manuel Albares said Europe appeared to be facing "hybrid aggression and a form…
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