shalafi comments on 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.

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 4 days ago by daveyOsborn@infosec.pub to c/cybersecurity@infosec.pub

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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (1 child)

As I understand it, they had critical infrastructure, open to world+dog, all locked behind... (checks notes)... a username and password.

Lemmy: Why was this shit on the internet?!

Me: Why didn't they simply lock it down after the first hack?!

I get corporate IT, been there, done that. But they could have locked access to a single IP or group of IPs. MFA anyone? How about a VPN between the freezers and home base or no access? These are easy and nearly free fixes given some IT labor.

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[–] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

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