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by n_u_l_l 2554 days ago
They messed up. The WhatsApp number they included in the first NL-Alert is the phone number of the local newspaper De Telegraaf. It’s not owned by the emergency services.

They just sent a new NL-Alert with the right WhatsApp number.

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The fact that they sent this specific number - the anonymous tip line of the largest Dutch newspaper - probably means that someone in the emergency taskforce team was actively leaking information to the press...