Fridges and freezers in supermarkets across Europe have been hit by a cyber-attack. Hackers managed to gain control and remotely turn up the temperature, in some cases to over 50 degrees Celsius, causing thousands of Euros worth of food to be thrown out.
Rumours have been circulating online that Russian hacktivist groups could be to blame.
So how did this happen? In this video:
1:27 Why are fridges connected to the internet?
2:02 How do you hack a fridge?
3:15 The aftermath of the supermarket hack
3:55 French blood banks targeted
4:42 Recent similar attacks
5:22 Who is behind the hacking?
6:25 What else is vulnerable to these sorts of attacks?
7:21 How can we protect against these attacks?
8:00 Could AI make more of these attacks likely?
8:47 What does this tell us about the future of cyber-attacks?
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