After fridge hacks, home appliances could be next, warns EU cyber chief
BRUSSELS — After recent attacks on supermarket fridges, home appliances could be next, the EU's cyber chief told AFP on Tuesday, as he urged Europe to invest more to counter growing cyber threats. Supermarkets in at least 12 European countries were hit by cyberattacks in October and November, with France the worst affected. "Security should not and cannot be an afterthought," Juhan Lepassaar,…
EU cybersecurity chief warns home appliances could be next after recent attacks on supermarket fridges. In a recent incident, supermarkets in at least 12 European countries were targeted by cyberattacks in October and November, with France being the most affected.
Juhan Lepassaar, executive director of the EU's cybersecurity agency ENISA, emphasized that security should not and cannot be an afterthought. He stated that "today it was fridges, tomorrow it could be routers, the day after tomorrow it could be home appliances and so forth."
Lepassaar spoke to AFP in Brussels, unveiling the agency's latest biennial report on the state of the EU's cybersecurity. He urged Europe to invest more to counter growing cyber threats, stating that "all incidents can be avoided, but the question is, are we ready to invest to make it happen?" He added that cybersecurity is not cheap and called on manufacturers to create products that are secure "by design."
Cybersecurity is crucial, Lepassaar stressed, because "every single service that you are depending on as a citizen, as a human being, contains a layer whereby there is a digital element."
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