The grid is under attack already, according to Woolsey, and regularly fending off hacking attempts.

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More startling still is the sudden cut to hard, unglamorous gray-greens, and the sight of Freddie hacking the heads off cabbages in a California field.

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Hacked Off, the hacking victims' group, who have drafted a "Leveson Bill" appear before the Culture, Media and Sport Committee.

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