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Suspected cyberattacks on US military refrigeration systems
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The Pentagon is investigating a series of refrigeration failures at at least six US military installations that occurred in late August. The malfunctions, which affected commissaries at Fort Huachuca, Fort Irwin, F. E. Warren Air Force Base, Naval Station Newport, Columbus Air Force Base, and Travis Air Force Base, resulted in the spoilage of significant quantities of food, including meat and dairy. At Fort Huachuca, officials reported on August 26 that freezers unexpectedly entered defrost mode, destroying stored food. Researchers have logged outage reports at as many as 14 military commissaries. Investigators, including the Defense Criminal Investigative Service, the Army Criminal Investigation Division, and US Cyber Command, are examining whether hackers remotely manipulated temperature controls. Officials are specifically looking into whether controls by exploiting vulnerabilities in remote monitoring control systems or industrial controllers were exploited. controllers. US authorities are coordinating with French European officials following a wave of similar cyberattack earlier in the month that targeted cyberattacks targeting commercial refrigeration in refrigeration. While earlier reports focused on over 350 French supermarkets. While the connection between the US and French incidents remains unconfirmed, investigators are exploring supermarkets, the possibility scope of a broader the disruption appears to be expanding. On November 2, more than 100 stores across Belgium, Ireland, Estonia, the food supply chain. Netherlands, Luxembourg, Sweden, and Finland reported refrigeration failures. In France, officials reported that 700 supermarkets lost refrigeration earlier this month. US Cyber Command is currently working to identify the perpetrators behind these incidents.
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