▲ 36 ▼ Shop freezers in seven European countries hit by cyber-attack. Millions of euros worth of food had to be thrown away. Some US military bases possibly impacted by the same attack. (www.bbc.com) submitted 1 week ago by daveyOsborn@infosec.pub to c/cybersecurity@infosec.pub 10 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 10 points 1 week ago (4 children) WTF do freezers need to be connected to the internet? permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 4 points 1 week ago (2 children) Right? Think maybe THIS will get all these places (any that have been hacked) to start taking isolation and security seriously? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 2 points 1 week ago I mean, the reports of people hacking into home temperature control units, fish tanks, etc. years ago apparently wasn't enough warning. permalink fedilink source parent [–] daveyOsborn@infosec.pub [S] 1 point 1 week ago I suppose they would file an insurance claim and not give a fuck. It’s no money out of the pocket of the bean counter who decides infosec costs more than it saves. OTOH, hopefully insurance companies would react by charging a higher premium to grocers who have cloud-controllable refrigeration and no proper infosec. And then maybe /that/ would turn this around. permalink fedilink source parent [–] marighost@piefed.social 3 points 1 week ago I read somewhere that mentioned the freezer temperatures are controlled from the head office, via the network. If that's true, that's why VPN tunnels with access control are so important!!! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 4 points 1 week ago (2 children) Right? Think maybe THIS will get all these places (any that have been hacked) to start taking isolation and security seriously? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 2 points 1 week ago I mean, the reports of people hacking into home temperature control units, fish tanks, etc. years ago apparently wasn't enough warning. permalink fedilink source parent [–] daveyOsborn@infosec.pub [S] 1 point 1 week ago I suppose they would file an insurance claim and not give a fuck. It’s no money out of the pocket of the bean counter who decides infosec costs more than it saves. OTOH, hopefully insurance companies would react by charging a higher premium to grocers who have cloud-controllable refrigeration and no proper infosec. And then maybe /that/ would turn this around. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 2 points 1 week ago I mean, the reports of people hacking into home temperature control units, fish tanks, etc. years ago apparently wasn't enough warning. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] daveyOsborn@infosec.pub [S] 1 point 1 week ago I suppose they would file an insurance claim and not give a fuck. It’s no money out of the pocket of the bean counter who decides infosec costs more than it saves. OTOH, hopefully insurance companies would react by charging a higher premium to grocers who have cloud-controllable refrigeration and no proper infosec. And then maybe /that/ would turn this around. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] marighost@piefed.social 3 points 1 week ago I read somewhere that mentioned the freezer temperatures are controlled from the head office, via the network. If that's true, that's why VPN tunnels with access control are so important!!! permalink fedilink source parent