Cybercrime - Hackers Attack German Supermarkets: Refrigerated Shelves up to 50 Degrees Celsius
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Cybercriminals have attacked cooling systems in German supermarkets. They programmed them to heat up to 50 degrees Celsius instead of cooling them, the companies informed. This function is usually used to defrost the systems. Cooling racks and storage areas are affected.
A Rewe market in North Rhine-Westphalia appears to have become the target of a cyberattack, which had a significant impact on business operations.
The digital revolution has made our everyday lives vulnerable – as current cyberattacks on supermarkets show. The lesson must be: Uncouple where digital networking is unnecessary.
50 degrees in the refrigerated shelf: a European sabotage series now also meets German supermarkets. But who are we dealing with here? And what motive is behind the attacks?
bbv-net.de
RNThe Rewe market's refrigeration systems in Raesfeld may have been rigged on Monday, and the shelves had to be emptied, and the police are already investigating.
The wave of attacks on supermarket cooling technology has reached Germany: in a Rewe market in Münsterland, the plants suddenly stood for defrosting and plus 50 degrees. The operator has no cyber insurance. He relied on IT to be centrally located at Rewe anyway.
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