Hacked fridges and other dangers lurking in the ‘internet of shit’
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Summary
- One reader sounds a warning about all our devices that are connected to the internet, following a series of cyber-attacks on supermarket fridges Well done to Alex Pearce for unplugging his fridge from the internet (Hot fridges, a fake nuclear alert and a $6bn heist: are we in the foothills of a hacking epidemic?, 8 November). My only question is why he didn’t do it a few weeks earlier, when the first round of hacked fridges were headline news for several days.
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Last change 43m ago · Next recheck 12 Nov 2026, 18:03 UK time
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Hacked fridges and other dangers lurking in the ‘internet of shit’
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One reader sounds a warning about all our devices that are connected to the internet, following a series of cyber-attacks on supermarket fridges Well done to Alex Pearce for unplugging his fridge from the internet (Hot fridges, a fake nuclear alert and a $6bn heist: are we in the foothills of a hacking epidemic?, 8 November). My only question is why he didn’t do it a few weeks earlier, when the first round of hacked fridges were headline news for several days.