Freezer Hack Warning: FBI Tells Grocers to Pull Controllers Off the Internet

TLDR US agencies warned of an “ongoing cyber threat” to industrial refrigeration systems. Hackers are targeting internet-connected temperature controllers in grocery and cold storage sites. Attacks have hit stores in France and Ireland, US military bases and a French blood bank. Operators are told to take devices off the internet, isolate them and apply updates. The US has not named who is behind the hacks, though researchers point to Iran. The United States government issued a joint warning on Thursday about an “ongoing cyber threat” to industrial refrigeration systems. The FBI, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and the departments of health, transport and agriculture signed the statement. It followed a series of hacks on commercial freezers in the United States and Europe.

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