I don’t know. I have a chalet. Once I went there and the smell was horrible. Fridge stopped working and all the frozen food was rotten. I know it wasn’t a power outage because I’d have been alerted. So, if I could’ve been alerted that the fridge was not working, I could’ve saved the food and, maybe the fridge itself.

Defrost mode? That's all I got.

I would guess they can't reach that temperature, and setting the thermostat that high effectively turns it off.

Why does a freezer need to be on a network, let alone a publicly accessible one?

Danfoss said some systems targeted in the Netherlands remained connected to unsecured networks and were still using default passwords.

Speculating, but I would imagine the attackers were able to either override the settings using default or easily guessed passwords, or perhaps even replacing the firmware or programming to spoil the food. Industrial controllers are not the most secure devices. That world is due for a reality check.

One would think if even a dumbass like me could secure those fridge connections back to the monitoring station, that someone would have got all over that after the first attack.

As a guy who exports frozen food to Europe.