US Warns of 'Ongoing Cyber Threat' to Industrial Refrigeration Systems
Officials said hackers could change temperatures in internet-connected units, risking fire hazards, inventory loss and spoiled food across grocery and cold storage operations.
- On Thursday, The United States warned of an "ongoing cyber threat" to industrial refrigeration systems, with the FBI and CISA urging organizations to assume they could be targets.
- The warning follows recent waves of attacks targeting commercial freezers across Europe and the United Kingdom, while Pentagon investigators treat mysterious malfunctions at military bases in August as a cyberattack.
- Hackers are exploiting vulnerabilities in internet-accessible temperature controllers. "If successfully exploited, the actors could change the temperature and possibly cause physical impacts such as fire hazards, loss of inventory and changes to the service life of the system," agencies warned.
- Critical infrastructure sectors, including food, Agriculture, and Transportation, face risks from these attacks. Agencies urged operators to remove remote control systems from the internet and strengthen passwords.
- While The United States has not formally attributed the hacks, security researchers and government officials suspect Iran is the likely culprit, and the threat to commercial cold storage remains ongoing.
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The US has warned of an “ongoing cyber threat” to industrial refrigeration systems and urged all organisations that rely on cold storage and temperature control to be aware that they could be targeted. The warning was issued in a joint statement by the FBI, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and the US departments of Health, Transportation and Agriculture. It said unidentified malicious cybercriminals are exploiting vulnerabil…
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