ENISA Warns of Cyberattacks on European Refrigeration Systems
Original title: ENISA Warns of Cyberattacks Targeting Refrigeration Systems Across Europe
Attacks on French supermarket refrigeration destroyed food stocks using Danfoss controllers.
ENISA coordinated with EU agencies after attacks hit commercial refrigeration systems in France. Hackers remotely altered settings forcing freezers into defrost mode. Temperatures reached up to 50 degrees Celsius in some stores.
Unconfirmed: Specific vulnerabilities exploited remain unconfirmed by authorities.
- Incidents affected Intermarché and Netto supermarkets.
- Coopérative U outlets also disrupted.
- Danfoss controllers targeted in multiple cases.
- Older controllers reached end of support life.
- ENISA urges immediate protection measures.
Impact: remote control of refrigeration systems
- 1.upgrade to latest firmware
- 2.patch authentication weaknesses
- 3.monitor OT systems closely
From the original article
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ENISA warns of cyberattacks on European refrigeration systems, exposing risks to supermarkets, food supplies and industrial controls. The European Union has issued a coordinated cybersecurity warning after a series of attacks hit commercial refrigeration systems in several Member States. The incidents, which began in October and continued with a new wave on November 1 and […]
By Pierluigi Paganini · securityaffairs.com
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