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'Unprecedented' Cyberattack cripples supermarket fridges across Europe as hackers activate automatic defrosting — delivery and store prices also impacted by incident
www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/unprecedented-cyberattack-cripples-supermarket-fridges-across-europe-as-hackers-activate-automatic-defrosting-delivery-and-store-prices-also-impacted-by-incident
Replying to @return2ozma@lemmy.world
Attacking a countries food supply and food reserves really seems like a act of war.
The term “hackers” really downplays the severity of these kinds of cyber attacks IMO. It makes it kind of sound like a teenager in a basement somewhere, as opposed to some foreign state cyber warfare group or something along those lines.
Also it’s madness that systems like these are connected directly to the internet without read-only permissions implemented. Controls should only be accessible locally on some kind of airgap or local seperate VLAN.
Replying to @NarrativeBear@lemmy.world
Please stop with the acts of war or terrorism BS. The article also mentions “in-store pricing powered by electronic shelf labels” so lets not ignore this is about multi-billion companies trying to suck every penny out of our pocket. If these companies design and manufacture and buy stupid hardware that is susceptible to such hacking, they really deserve it. I mean they really do.
Second, this is a good thing. Systems will be hardened now. You think there would be any other fucking way they would upgrade their security unless something like this happens? Beatings will continue until security improves. This is why even chaotic hackers that cause damage and inconvenience are ultimately a positive force on our IT infrastructure. Think of it as an ecosystem and evolutionary pressure. Free marketplace of security models.
Replying to @AlteredEgo@lemmy.ml
Agreed. It’s also a massive jump to call a grocery chain’s fridges a countries ‘food reserves’
Replying to @irgendjemand@lemmy.world
Not a leap at all, it’s the food in the county as much as the next morsel.
Replying to @AlteredEgo@lemmy.ml
An apparently untargeted attack on food supply is an attack on society before it has anything to do with that specific company, in my eyes.
Replying to @Darkmoon_AU@lemmy.zip
Well, it is true. It is an attack on a society with internet connected refrigeration units with bad security. But fuck that society in particular.