The Fridge-Hacking Spree Is an Internet-of-Things Wake-Up Call

By Lily Hay Newman, Matt Burgess · Wired · Saturday, 7 November 2026 at 13:00 (2d ago) · Original article ↗

Escalating hacks affecting blood labs and grocery stores show the very real risks to critical infrastructure that come from basic security lapses involving internet-connected devices.

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