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Security · High impactFan score 4 · Tier D3 sources

FBI, CISA warn of cyberattacks targeting refrigeration systems

BleepingComputer · By Lawrence Abrams ·

The FBI and CISA warn that hackers are actively targeting industrial refrigeration and cold-chain monitoring systems worldwide, potentially causing food spoilage, equipment damage, and fire hazards. [...]

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The Brief

  • The US government urged critical infrastructure operators on Thursday to harden their cooling systems.
  • The warning follows hacks that disrupted European supermarkets in recent weeks.
  • The FBI and CISA say hackers are actively targeting industrial refrigeration and cold-chain monitoring systems worldwide.

Why it matters

Industrial refrigeration and cold-chain monitoring systems are being actively targeted, which can cause food spoilage, equipment damage and fire hazards. Developers and operators maintaining such systems or the software that controls them should review their exposure.

Who’s affected

  • Operators of industrial refrigeration and cold-chain monitoring systems
  • Food retail, transportation and healthcare organisations
  • Teams running critical infrastructure control systems

What to do

  1. Harden industrial cooling and refrigeration systems now, as urged by US government agencies
  • #security
  • #critical-infrastructure
  • #industrial-control-systems
  • #cold-chain
  • #cyberattack

Timeline

  1. US government calls on critical infrastructure operators to safeguard cooling systems

  2. TechCrunch

    US government warns of ‘ongoing cyber threat’ amid mass hacks of industrial retail and military freezers

  3. The Record from Recorded Future News

    Harden cooling systems now, feds warn critical infrastructure operators amid attacks

  4. FBI and CISA warn of cyberattacks targeting refrigeration systems

  5. BleepingComputer

    FBI, CISA warn of cyberattacks targeting refrigeration systems

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