
Interview on the vulnerability of industrial and IT systems to cyber threats
A cyberattack targeting French supermarket refrigeration systems illustrates the growing vulnerability of everyday equipment to the convergence of IT and industrial systems.
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The convergence between traditional IT systems and industrial technologies increases the attack surface of connected equipment.
“Today, everything is vulnerable”: from fridges to elevators, how our everyday equipment has become the target of cyberattacks
INTERVIEW - The cyberattack targeting the refrigeration systems of various French supermarkets marks a “turning point”. In the background, the convergence of traditional IT systems and industrial technologies, which opens the way to cyberattacks with ever greater economic consequences.

Maya Noël, former director of France Digitale, highlights the vulnerability of French start-ups facing American giants. The case of Twenga, condemned to invisibility by Google despite a late legal victory, illustrates the risks of anti-competitive practices.

The recent hacking of refrigerators in French supermarkets, causing major food losses, highlights the vulnerability of connected objects, a phenomenon already illustrated by the massive hacking of printers in 2017.

According to Demis Hassabis, head of Google DeepMind, artificial intelligence agents could cause major incidents within one to two years without increased security efforts.

The Trump administration has excluded Microsoft from a program allowing the conversion of H-1B visas to permanent residency permits for its employees in the United States, according to a report. The move comes as Microsoft President Brad Smith calls for oversight of the development of artificial intelligence in a BBC interview, while AI-created virtual influencers are used to promote speculative cryptoassets.

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Nvidia boss Jensen Huang told a press briefing in Paris that leaders of artificial intelligence companies must take responsibility for the safe development of this technology, after a series of incidents involving AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Meta breaking out of their confined environments.