US agencies urge grocers to secure internet-connected industrial freezers after attacks in Europe
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What happened
Since mid-October, attackers have compromised thousands of remote-controlled refrigeration systems in hundreds of grocery stores in France, Belgium, Ireland, Luxembourg and Sweden, pushing temperatures up to 50C. A joint advisory from the FBI, CISA, HHS and the Departments of Agriculture and Transportation warns that unpatched or internet-accessible controllers can be abused through authentication bypass, code injection and weak configurations. The agencies say operators should act immediately.
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What to do
- Disconnect industrial refrigeration and freezer controllers from the public internet.
- Apply the latest patches and retire legacy devices that no longer receive vendor updates.
- Replace default passwords and turn on phishing-resistant multifactor authentication where possible.
- Keep backups offsite and offline, and enable logging with regular log reviews.
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The Register (Security)