Cyberattacks on refrigeration controls hit French blood service and European food retailers
BREACHFrench Blood Establishment (EFS)redteam/daily · 1 source
- Severity
- High
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What happened
Attackers broke into a supplier of fridge equipment used by France's civilian blood service and changed its temperature settings. The blood service says monitoring alarms caught the problem and no blood samples or products were lost. Similar attacks have caused food losses at shops across several European countries.
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What to do
- Organisations using Danfoss AK-SM or AK-SC controllers should remediate the vulnerabilities as urged by CERT-FR.
- Check refrigeration control systems for unexpected remote changes to temperature settings or defrost modes.
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Who reported · 1 outlet
The Register (Security)