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US agencies warn attackers are targeting refrigeration systems that protect food and medicine
Help Net Security · By Sinisa Markovic ·
The Brief
- US government agencies, including CISA and the FBI, issued a joint advisory warning that attackers are targeting refrigeration and cooling controllers.
- Sources report hacks that caused disruption at European supermarkets and affected fridges and freezers at blood banks in recent weeks.
- Attackers may push units into continuous heating or defrost cycles, risking food spoilage, equipment damage and fire hazards.
Why it matters
Operators of industrial refrigeration and cold-chain monitoring systems are being actively targeted, and compromised controllers can spoil food and medicine and damage equipment.
Who’s affected
- Operators of industrial refrigeration and cold-chain monitoring systems
- Supermarket and food retail operators
- Blood banks and healthcare facilities relying on cold storage
- Critical infrastructure operators in food, transportation and healthcare
What to do
- Harden refrigeration and cooling controllers as recommended in the joint US advisory
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- #industrial-control-systems
- #critical-infrastructure
- #cisa
- #supply-chain
Threat actors are going after the controllers that keep grocery store freezers and cold storage rooms at safe temperatures, and they may push those units into continuous heating and defrost cycles, five US federal agencies warned in a joint advisory published on Thursday. CISA…
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