A fresh wave of cyberattacks targeting supermarket refrigeration systems has raised serious questions about the security of connected cooling equipment, with retailers and food businesses across Europe reporting disruption.
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Cyber-Attack Hits Commercial Fridges and Freezers in Six European Countries
Around 40 Delhaize supermarkets in Belgium and Luxembourg, plus smaller numbers of shops in Sweden, Ireland, the Netherlands and Estonia, had their fridges and freezers hit by a suspected cyber-attack on 2 November. The units were switched into defrost mode, pushing temperatures as high as 50C and forcing stores to throw away food, in some cases worth €100,000 or more per shop.
Continue readingSecurity Alert: Exposed Refrigeration Controllers Leave Supermarkets at Risk
A cybersecurity firm that previously warned about vulnerabilities in Danfoss refrigeration controllers is urging the industry to strengthen network security after hundreds of French supermarket fridges and freezers were remotely compromised.
Claroty CTO Amir Preminger noted that industrial control systems for refrigeration are often assumed to sit on isolated networks. Research by Claroty’s Team82 found many of these devices were in fact directly exposed to the public internet.
