European supermarkets hit by identical refrigeration cyberattacks
Original title: European supermarkets that failed to act after French freezer attack are now feeling the heat
Multiple European supermarket chains including Carrefour, Spar and Ahold Delhaize suffered similar attacks on refrigeration systems following a French incident.
Retailers in Belgium, Ireland, Sweden, Finland and Estonia were hit by nearly-identical attacks on refrigeration control systems after a mid-October French cyberattack on a supermarket. The French CERT-FR advised disconnecting public-IP systems from the internet and reconnecting only via verified VPN. Attackers manipulated temperatures causing spoiled food and fires; no group has claimed responsibility.
Unconfirmed: No group has claimed responsibility for the attacks
- Systems exposed on public internet allowed remote temperature manipulation
- Outsourcing of maintenance created visibility gaps for security teams
- End-of-life equipment with no patches increased risk
- Advisory recommends filtering connections to supplier IPs only as temporary measure
Impact: spoilage of food and fires in supermarkets
- 1.disconnect refrigeration control systems from the internet
- 2.reconnect via secure VPN after verifying configuration
- 3.filter connections to only supplier or service provider IP addresses
- Victims
- CarrefourSparAhold Delhaize
- Organizations
- CERT-FR
From the original article
5 min read at csoonline.com
Just a couple of weeks after a cyberattack on French supermarket refrigeration systems resulted in spoiled food, and even some fires, retailers in Belgium, Ireland, Sweden, Finland, and Estonia were hit with nearly-identical attacks on Monday.
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