Turning off the refrigeration in France and the Netherlands

Printed notices in Dutch and English taped to a supermarket checkout counter, announcing an IT incident, next to a box of Lindt chocolates and a stack of snack boxes.

Earlier this week, a mass hack of refrigeration systems at an estimated 700 supermarkets throughout France caused them to suddenly malfunction, causing spoilage of untold tons of perishables and, in some cases, fires. As is now the norm, basic cybersecurity would have prevented it.

Here in the Netherlands, there was a similar grocery store hack. It took a few days to get things back on track.

🔗 Fridge hack costing millions and sparking fires stemmed from poor security

Comments

Leave a Reply

Your post must include a link to this post.

How does this work?
Write a response on your own website and include a link to this post. Then submit your response’s URL here. Your response may appear here after moderation. To update or remove it, edit or delete your original post and submit the same URL again. Learn more about Webmentions.
Categories: