Incident Involving Child's Smartwatch Overloads Emergency Systems in Veneto, Italy
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An incident involving a child wearing a smartwatch generated seventy emergency calls, disrupting the 112 and 118 systems in Veneto, Italy. This situation slowed down responses to genuine requests for help, highlighting a systemic vulnerability and the lack of dynamic resilience mechanisms. The incident underscores the challenges related to the security of critical infrastructures and the management of emergency calls.