Incident 1744: Allegedly AI-Generated Audio Bomb Threat Prompted Evacuations at the Port of Constanța, Romania

Description: A Romanian-language audio bomb threat, assessed by officials as AI-generated, prompted employee evacuations and security searches at the Port of Constanța, Romania. Authorities received two calls using numbers with Ukrainian and Polish prefixes. Officials later said the alert was false. The perpetrators and AI system were not identified.

Editor Notes: The emergency call was logged at 11:26 a.m. local time on 07/29/2026; port officials reported a return to normal activity later that day. The incident ID was created 10/10/2026.

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Alleged: Synthetic media generation technology developers and Synthetic audio generation technology developers developed an AI system deployed by Synthetic media creators , Malicious actors , Information manipulation actors in Romania , Information manipulation actors and Hoax threat perpetrators, which harmed Public safety , Port of Constanța employees , Maritime workers , Epistemic integrity and Ports.

Alleged implicated AI systems: Synthetic media generation technology and Synthetic audio generation technology

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Incident ID

1744

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Incident Date

2026-07-29

Editors

Daniel Atherton

Incident Reports

Reports Timeline

Bomb alert in the Port of Constanta. Radu Miruță: Threat transmitted from numbers in Ukraine and Poland, possibly created with AI

digi24.ro

Messages sent to the Romanian Naval Authority, which led to evacuations in the Port of Constanta: "More bombs planted. You won't have time to find them"

hotnews.ro

UPDATE - Bomb alert in the Port of Constanta / Location of the bomb, announced by phone to the Romanian Naval Authority / Calls made from Poland and Ukraine / Message from the prefect - VIDEO

news.ro

Activity resumed in the Port of Constanta, after the bomb alert this morning

radioconstanta.ro

digi24.ro · 2026

AI Translated

Radu Miruță provided clarifications, exclusively for Digi24, about the bomb alert, from Wednesday morning, in the Port of Constanta. The interim Minister of Defense stated that the threat was reported from two phone numbers outside Romania:…

hotnews.ro · 2026

AI Translated

Two threatening calls from numbers in Ukraine and Poland were made to the headquarters of the Romanian Naval Authority, Defense Minister Radu Miruță reported. Digi24 is also publishing the message sent, which led to evacuations at several b…

news.ro · 2026

AI Translated

A bomb alert was received in the Port of Constanta on Wednesday, and the area was evacuated. The Prefect of Constanta County, Adrian Picoiu, told News.ro that the bomb alert was false.

UPDATE: The Prefect of Constanta County, Adrian Picoiu,…

radioconstanta.ro · 2026

AI Translated

The activity in the Port of Constanta is returning to normal, a few hours after employees were evacuated from the institution's headquarters, following a bomb alert received during the morning.

An audio message in Romanian, transmitted by t…

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