Hackers heat French supermarket fridges, sparking fires — AI boosts both sides of security
SuB8u · x · 2026-10-12
Security researcher Stocko shares a real attack: hackers remotely heated supermarket fridges in France, sparking fires and food losses.
His takeaway: we're living through our insecure future — AI is a force multiplier for both security teams and malicious actors, and weak IoT infrastructure gets exploited faster in the AI era.
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