U.S. Government Warns of Ongoing Cyber Threat to Freezers
Original title: U.S. government warns of ‘ongoing cyber threat’ amid mass-hacks of industrial retail and military freezers
CISA warns of cyberattacks on industrial refrigeration units that could change temperatures and cause physical damage in supermarkets, military bases, and blood banks.
The U.S. government including CISA, FBI and several departments warned of cyberattacks targeting internet-connected refrigeration and cold chain systems. Hackers have altered temperatures on freezers in multiple countries, affecting food, military and blood supplies. The attacks may be linked to Iran but are not officially attributed.
Unconfirmed: Attribution to Iran is suspected by researchers and U.S. officials but not officially confirmed by the U.S.
- Possible physical impacts include fires, inventory loss and shortened equipment life
- Affected: grocery stores, cold storage, U.S. military bases, French blood bank
- Urged to remove remote controls from the internet, strengthen passwords, apply patches, retire unsupported equipment
- Two waves of attacks reported in UK and Europe
Impact: Changing temperatures leading to physical damage like fires or inventory loss
- 1.Remove remote control systems from the internet
- 2.Change and strengthen passwords
- 3.Apply patches where possible
- Vendors
- Danfoss
- Threat actors
- Iran
- Organizations
- CISAFBIDepartment of AgricultureDepartment of Health and Human ServicesDepartment of Transportation
- Countries
- Iran
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A joint U. S. government statement says the hacks are affecting the food, transportation, and healthcare industries after reports of global mass-hacks.
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