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  "id": 18345348,
  "title": "US warns of 'ongoing cyber threat' to industrial refrigeration systems",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/us-warns-of-ongoing-cyber-threat-to-industrial-refrigeration-systems-18345348",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-05T17:57:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/world/20261106/us-warns-of-ongoing-cyber-threat-to-industrial-refrigeration-systems"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The United States has issued a warning about an ongoing cyber threat targeting industrial refrigeration systems, stating that every organization relying on cold storage should expect potential hacking. Malicious cyber actors are reportedly targeting vulnerabilities in internet-accessible electronic temperature and commercial refrigeration controllers used in retail grocery and cold storage facilities. Successful exploitation by these actors could lead to alterations in temperature, potentially causing physical hazards such as fire, loss of inventory, and reduced system lifespan, according to a statement from the FBI, the cyber defense agency CISA, and other government departments. Chris Butera, acting executive assistant director for cybersecurity at CISA, emphasized that all organizations dependent on refrigeration and monitoring systems should consider themselves as targets.",
  "summary": "WASHINGTON — The United States is warning of an \"ongoing cyber threat\" to industrial refrigeration systems, saying in a statement issued Thursday that every organization that depends on cold storage should assume it could fall into the hackers' crosshairs. The statement said that unidentified \"malicious cyber actors\" were targeting vulnerabilities in internet-accessible electronic temperature and…",
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        "title": "US warns of 'ongoing cyber threat' to industrial refrigeration systems",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/us-warns-of-ongoing-cyber-threat-to-industrial-refrigeration-systems",
        "published": "2026-11-05T17:37:38.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "US warns of ’ongoing cyber threat’ to industrial refrigeration systems",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/us-warns-of-ongoing-cyber-threat-to-industrial-refrigeration-systems-18387605",
        "published": "2026-11-05T22:30:40.000Z"
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