U.S. agencies warn refrigeration controller attacks could cause fires and inventory losses
CISA, FBI, HHS, USDA and DOT warned that malicious actors are targeting industrial refrigeration and cold-chain monitoring systems worldwide, remotely altering settings to force heating and defrost cycles. According to the joint advisory, this can cause inventory losses, fire hazards and harm consumers. In recent weeks hundreds of European supermarkets were targeted by attacks that raised temperatures to as high as 50 degrees Celsius, including the French blood establishment.
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- Five U.S. agencies warned about attacks on internet-accessible industrial refrigeration and cold-chain controllers.
- Attackers seek to force heating and defrost cycles, which can cause inventory losses and fire hazards.
- Hundreds of supermarkets in Europe were targeted, with temperatures in some cases reaching 50 degrees Celsius.
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