return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days ago'Unprecedented' Cyberattack cripples supermarket fridges across Europe as hackers activate automatic defrosting — delivery and store prices also impacted by incidentwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square42linkfedilinkarrow-up1305arrow-down14cross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
arrow-up1301arrow-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 · 12 days agomessage-square42linkfedilinkcross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
minus-squareeestileib@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40·11 days 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-up3·11 days 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.
minus-squareBeMoreCareful@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 days agoI think Samsung had some sort of failed update that killed their refrigerators as well, makes you wonder.
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.
I think Samsung had some sort of failed update that killed their refrigerators as well, makes you wonder.