NHS vaccines at risk from Chinese fridge-hackers

Vaccines are at risk from Chinese hackers who can break into internet-connected refrigerators, a cross-party group of MPs and experts has warned.

The Coalition on Secure Technology, the cross-party campaign raising awareness of technological threats from hostile states, has warned that the components that allow fridges to connect to the internet are often made in China.

Beijing could use the components, called cellular internet-of-things modules (CIMs), to access NHS refrigerators remotely, the MPs said, drawing on research from the U.S., Britain and elsewhere.

Read more at The Telegraph