Hot fridges, a fake nuclear alert and a $6bn heist: are we in the foothills of a hacking epidemic?

A cyber-attack caused refrigeration units at a London fruit and vegetable wholesale business and retailers across seven European countries to overheat, with some reaching 50C. The incident followed a $6.3bn theft from Binance and a fake nuclear alert in Kyiv. UK security officials warned that AI-powered tools are exposing vulnerabilities, marking the beginning of a new era of widespread hacking.

Source: Hot fridges, a fake nuclear alert and a $6bn heist: are we in the foothills of a hacking epidemic? — Guardian World

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