Russia-Linked Hackers Tied to European Supermarket Cyberattacks, Warning Issued for UK Blood Banks
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Attacks on European supermarkets and blood banks should be a lesson because they show that cybersecurity is no longer just a computer issue; it is a matter of physical and health security, experts point out, for whom there are still many unknowns that remain to be cleared.
Russia-Linked Hackers Tied to European Supermarket Cyberattacks, Warning Issued for UK Blood Banks
Russia-linked hackers could be behind a series of cyberattacks that disrupted supermarket refrigeration systems across Europe, thawing freezers and destroying food, according to a report by The Sun [1]. The same report warned that National Health Service blood banks and vaccine reserves in the United Kingdom could be targeted next. The warning was attributed to Graeme Downie, a member of Parliament and chair of the Coalition on Secure Technology…
During this ten-day period, the company recorded more than 276 attempts by 91 different cyber-threat actors.
Hackers probed refrigeration systems in Europe in the weeks before the store cyberattacks, and those attacks exposed basic security weaknesses.
First supermarkets, then blood banks – and soon perhaps your own home? Cyber attacks on networked technology show how close the digital danger of the real world comes.
Experts warn that the same type of flaw may exist in other devices connected to the Internet
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