Moscow TV Urges People To Take Potassium Iodide Pills

And to head to the shelter.

Hackers hacked into the servers of TV channels in Moscow and posted information about a false air alert, The Moscow Times reports.

In the afternoon, the broadcasting of TV channels in Moscow was interrupted by a video announcing an air-raid alert. The Moscow residents were advised to proceed to a shelter, take potassium iodide tablets and use gas masks. The picture on the screen was shaky, with lines of computer code intermittently visible underneath.

"As a result of hacking of servers of radio stations and TV channels, information on the announcement of an air alert was heard on air in the territory of the city of Moscow. The Russian Emergencies Ministry's Moscow city department reports that this information is false and does not correspond to reality," the ministry's press service said.