Venice Flood Defenses Breached by Hackers

Imagine a city's defenses against its greatest threat - water - being breached not by a natural disaster, but by an unknown cyber attacker. In a chilling turn of events, hackers have infiltrated Venice's hydraulic pump system, claiming they can wield the power to create floods at will.

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