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

Told by 1 newspaper in one country, at 06:00 on 8 November 2026.

AI-generated illustration, with the label burned into the image: a supermarket checkout with the card terminal and barcode scanner idle, a screen showing a computer cut off from the internet and an orange warning light on top, with shelves of products behind. It is not a photograph. — **AI-generated illustration** · illustrative scene of a cyberattack on supermarkets; does not show an affected store or an actual event · Image credits

In short

The Guardian, in the UK, asks whether we are at the start of a hacking epidemic, citing insecure fridges, a false nuclear alert and a $6 billion heist.1

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The Guardian · United Kingdom · 06:15Hot fridges, a fake nuclear alert and a $6bn heist: are we in the foothills of a hacking epidemic?Read at the newspaper ↗