Our hackers, who art in open source, deliver us from refrigerators | Linux Today

Our hackers, who art in open source, deliver us from refrigerators

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 24, 2014

Yeah, look, I know we’ve been warning you about the imminent SCADAgeddon, when the nation’s critical industrial control systems will all be hacked at once — from power grids and transportation systems to datacentre cooling systems and prison cell doors — cybering society back to the Stone Age. But forget all that.

Actually, don’t forget it entirely, because it could still happen, right? (Be quiet, you dissenters up the back.) Just start being aware — because I’m telling you now — that things are actually far, far scarier. A threat of truly biblical proportions.

Refrigerators.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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