Hackers cranked supermarket freezers past boiling and forced emergency airline landings across Europe this week—a coordinated assault on basic infrastructure that should have every American asking why Washington burns billions on foreign adventures while the systems that feed and move our people sit wide open.
The attacks hit refrigeration systems at food suppliers in at least seven countries—Belgium, Estonia, Ireland, Finland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Sweden—with some units pushed to 50°C (122°F) and one supply company's cold units reportedly hitting 100°C (212°F). Simultaneously, bomb threats targeted four commercial flights across Europe, including two departing from the UK. All planes landed safely; no explosives were found. The message is plain: the basic machinery of civilized life is one password away from sabotage.
The UK's National Cyber Security Centre, part of the GCHQ spy agency, dismissed the domestic impact as
