Cybercrims go beyond stealing data to attack physical building systems
Cybercriminals are disrupting building systems, from French grocery refrigeration to a Canadian hospital, to extort victims with physical harm.
Late Sunday, unknown attackers compromised remote refrigeration controls at hundreds of French grocery stores, raising temperatures, spoiling food, and causing fires. In August a ransomware attack on a Canadian hospital disrupted door access, HVAC monitoring, and staff badge issuance. ServiceNow’s Armis Labs reports 73 percent of organizations have building automation systems previously used in ransomware attacks and 91 percent of BAS communicate over insecure protocols. A Semperis consultant also described an extortion case in which attackers locked staff out of offices until police broke windows to regain entry.
- Unknown actors hacked refrigeration across hundreds of French grocery stores, spoiling food and sparking fires.
- August ransomware hit a Canadian hospital’s door access, HVAC monitoring, and badge systems.
- Armis: 73 percent of organizations own BAS used in ransomware; 91 percent use insecure protocols.
- Intruders persist in lightly defended building systems, then pivot into corporate IT networks.
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7 min read at theregister.comLate Sunday night, a still-unknown cybercriminal or group hacked thousands of remote-controlled refrigeration systems across hundreds of French grocery stores , spiking temperatures, spoiling food, and sparking fires. This is part of an ongoing trend of attacking physical systems that can do damage in the real world.
By Jessica Lyons · theregister.com
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