return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 hours ago'Unprecedented' Cyberattack cripples supermarket fridges across Europe as hackers activate automatic defrosting — delivery and store prices also impacted by incidentwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1242arrow-down13cross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
arrow-up1239arrow-down1external-link'Unprecedented' Cyberattack cripples supermarket fridges across Europe as hackers activate automatic defrosting — delivery and store prices also impacted by incidentwww.tomshardware.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 hours agomessage-square29fedilinkcross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
minus-squareeestileib@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·8 hours agoThis is exactly what happened to the US Army about a month ago. https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2026/08/28/dod-confirms-refrigeration-disruption-at-military-commissaries/ Why the fuck are all of your fridges controllable from the Internet? We didn’t have to build such a stupid, stupid society.
minus-squarepurplemonkeymad@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 hours agoBecause shops don’t want to run hardware on site, so they outsource the hosting of management and monitoring to the cheapest contractor. Unsurprisingly they don’t spend on security.
This is exactly what happened to the US Army about a month ago.
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2026/08/28/dod-confirms-refrigeration-disruption-at-military-commissaries/
Why the fuck are all of your fridges controllable from the Internet? We didn’t have to build such a stupid, stupid society.
Because shops don’t want to run hardware on site, so they outsource the hosting of management and monitoring to the cheapest contractor. Unsurprisingly they don’t spend on security.