I Think the Military Commissary Freezers Were Hacked
Refrigeration failures at six-plus US military commissaries prompt speculation of a cyber attack on DeCA's remote monitoring systems; Pentagon acknowledges possible disruption.
The author documents near-simultaneous freezer and refrigeration failures at confirmed installations including Fort Huachuca, F.E. Warren AFB, Fort Irwin and Travis AFB on August 26-27, with freezers entering defrost mode that heated and spoiled food. DeCA's Remote Monitoring Control System controls defrost across roughly 182 locations, and an unverified comment attributed the Fort Huachuca failure to a network issue. Stars and Stripes and Military Times independently reported the multi-base failures, and the Pentagon acknowledged a 'possible refrigeration disruption,' though no evidence of hacking has been confirmed.
- At least six installations confirmed simultaneous refrigeration failures during August 26-27.
- Fort Huachuca said power did not fail; freezers entered defrost mode, heating food.
- DeCA's RMCS controls defrost remotely across about 182 of roughly 235 commissaries.
- No confirmed evidence of a hack; the cause remains under investigation.
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Since publication, Stars and Stripes, Military Times/Navy Times, and multiple others have independently reported on the multi-base refrigeration failures, with the Pentagon now acknowledging a “possible refrigeration disruption” at numerous DeCA commissaries.
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