Europe-wide fridge attacks hit British meat suppliers
Original title: British businesses caught in Europe-wide supermarket fridge attacks
Hackers exploited vulnerable Copeland XWEB controllers to defrost supermarket refrigeration systems.
Multiple businesses across Europe, including three meat suppliers in Britain, were targeted in attacks on refrigeration controls. Attackers used vulnerable Copeland XWEB supervisory controllers to change parameters and cause spoilage. No one claimed responsibility and authorities have not attributed the incidents.
Unconfirmed: Perpetrators not identified and no claims of responsibility.
- Copeland XWEB firmware 1.12.1 and earlier vulnerable
- Firmware update available since August
- No meat spoiled in British incidents
- Vendors
- Copeland
- Products
- XWEB controllers
- Victims
- meat suppliers
- Organizations
- Association of Independent Meat Suppliers
From the original article
4 min read at therecord.mediaSupermarket and grocery store refrigerator controls across Europe were hacked in the early hours of Monday in the second such wave of attacks in recent weeks — following a first wave in France — with unidentified perpetrators defrosting fridges and causing stock to spoil.
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