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

The defrost light on refrigeration unit 2 was on, and the panel reading was 150C.

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As AI exposes flaws in IT systems and geopolitics plays out on the cyber frontline, some experts say the events of recent weeks could soon be a common occurrence Alex Pearce was doing the morning rounds at his fruit and vegetable wholesale business in London on Monday last week when he noticed something odd.

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