Why the second wave of supermarket fridge hacks warns of the risks to come
The attacks prove that, in a hyperconnected world, critical infrastructures are vulnerable. This time it was supermarkets, tomorrow it could be a hospital.
Dozens of supermarkets across at least seven European countries reported damage to their produce on Monday. A cyberattack caused the temperature in refrigeration units to rise, in some cases to as high as 50 degrees, spoiling fresh and frozen products. The hardest-hit countries were Belgium and Sweden, with issues also reported in Luxembourg, Netherlands, Ireland, Estonia, and Finland.
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