Cyber attacks affect UK meat processing industry, top security official says
- On Monday, supermarkets in Ireland, Sweden, Estonia, and Belgium suffered an overnight cyber attack that spiked refrigeration temperatures, spoiling fresh and frozen food estimated worth millions of euros.
- Attackers exploited known vulnerabilities in remote refrigeration management software that cyber-security researchers had identified months prior, compromising systems used to control cold storage units remotely.
- Some of the more than 300 members of the British Association of Independent Meat Suppliers became what AIMS called "collateral" in the hacks, with units reaching 100C though no produce was lost.
- National Cyber Security Centre officials warned UK organizations of potential risks on Tuesday, though chief executive Richard Horne said it remains "too early to say" who launched the hacks.
- Horne warned that "technology base we rely on as a society has not been invested on to the extent it needs to be," urging businesses to secure internet-connected systems against evolving threats.
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Three weeks ago, a large-scale cyberattack was carried out in France against the refrigeration systems of supermarkets. Now the same thing has happened in Germany, where retailers were mainly affected. On Monday, attacks on freezing and cooling systems were also reported in Italy, Ireland, the Netherlands and Portugal. In these attacks, hackers manipulate or even turn off the refrigeration of food products. There is currently no information abou…
Rome. Twelve European countries were beaten since Monday by unclaimed cyberattacks against supermarket refrigerators whose temperatures rose to between 50 and 150 degrees Celsius, and exposed the vulnerability of the food supply chain.
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Free Malaysia Today NewsAt least 11 European countries snared in freezer cyberattacks
Germany, Romania and the U.K. on Tuesday joined the growing list of European nations hit by cyberattacks on supermarket refrigeration systems in recent days.
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