Cyber attacks

Hackers kunnen veel meer ontregelen dan koelkasten: ’Er kunnen zelfs doden vallen’

De Telegraaf7 November 2026, 05:15 UTC

De cyberaanvallen op supermarktkoelingen en een Franse bloedbank deze week leggen een groter probleem bloot: veel apparaten en systemen die met internet zijn verbonden, zijn slecht beveiligd. Gevaarlijker wordt het wanneer hackers zich toegang verschaffen tot sluizen, gemalen of systemen in ziekenhuizen. Dat kan grote economische schade veroorzaken en er kunnen zelfs doden vallen, waarschuwt ethisch hacker Wouter van Dongen.

Read the full story at De Telegraaf Open in the live monitor

Related discussion groups

No group discusses this yet. Start a discussion group and attach this story.

More on Cyber attacks

In Vietnam, '123456' remains password for nearly 1.9 million bank accountsTuoi Tre News7 November 2026, 05:17 UTCVietnamCyber attacksMore than 500,000 cyberattacks targeted information systems in 2025, while nearly 1.9 million Vietnamese bank accounts still used simple passwords such as '123456', according to figures presented a...
European security agencies probe whether bomb hoaxes started in RussiaFinancial Times7 November 2026, 05:00 UTCRussiaCyber attacksA working hypothesis is that the co-ordinated threats were produced by pro-Kremlin activists or hacking groups
North Korea’s army of world-class hackers is secret weapon that took down BinanceRappler7 November 2026, 04:00 UTCNorth KoreaCyber attacksThe lifestyle of a hacker or elite technology worker for North Korea is grueling. PSCORE executive director Nam Bada says, 'There is always pressure to keep earning money.'
How North Korea turns child prodigies into crypto thievesSouth China Morning Post7 November 2026, 03:01 UTCNorth KoreaCyber attacksNorth Korea rewards ⁠its top hackers, tasked with heists like the Binance crypto hack that netted a cool US$6.3 ⁠billion, with perks such as spacious apartments in the capital and huge hard currenc...
Government warns of hackers targeting freezers in the U.S.CBS News7 November 2026, 01:02 UTCUnited States of AmericaCyber attacksGovernment agencies are warning that hackers could soon target refrigeration units across the agriculture and healthcare sectors in the U.S., CBS News' Charlie D'Agata reports.
El secreto detrás del ataque a Binance: una unidad de hackers entrenada por Corea del NorteInfobae Americas7 November 2026, 00:23 UTCNorth KoreaCyber attacksEl esquema, con más de una década de funcionamiento, selecciona cada año a decenas de adolescentes para formarlos en ingeniería informática y preparar a los futuros hackers del régimen