Hot fridges, a fake nuclear alert and a $6bn heist: are we in the foothills of a hacking epidemic?
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The mix of compromised IoT, false public alerts, and multi-billion-dollar thefts is a reminder that cyber risk is now systemic, not siloed — and AI is amplifying both attack surface and exploit discovery. Boards should be treating security architecture and incident drills as core resilience work, not IT hygiene.
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