Cyber-attacks hit commercial refrigerators, crypto exchange and emergency apps

Recent cyber-attacks have targeted various systems internationally, including commercial refrigerators that overheated in several European countries and a fruit and vegetable wholesale business in London. Other recent incidents include a multibillion-dollar robbery at the Binance cryptocurrency exchange and hackers sending a fake nuclear strike alert through Ukraine's emergency app. Experts and officials point to a combination of geopolitical tensions and artificial intelligence exposing vulnerabilities in IT systems as factors driving the rise in incidents. The head of the UK's National Cyber Security Centre warned that the world is in the early stages of a new hacking landscape characterized by a high volume of disruptions.