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When Refrigerators Turn into Heaters: What the European Supermarket Hack Teaches Us About the OT/IoT Hygiene Gap

ViakooOctober 13, 20264 min read

Imagine walking into hundreds of grocery stores on a Monday morning to discover that freezer cases haven’t just shut off—they’ve actively heated up to 50°C (122°F). Perishable inventory is destroyed, store aisles are filled with smoke, and fire departments are responding to retail sites across multiple countries. Over the weekend, threat actors executed a coordinated […] The post When Refrigerators Turn into Heaters: What the European Supermarket Hack Teaches Us About the OT/IoT Hygiene Gap appeared first on Viakoo, Inc.

Imagine walking into hundreds of grocery stores on a Monday morning to discover that freezer cases haven’t just shut off—they’ve actively heated up to 50°C (122°F). Perishable inventory is destroyed, store aisles are filled with smoke, and fire departments are responding to retail sites across multiple countries. Over the weekend, threat actors executed a coordinated cyberattack targeting refrigeration systems across major French supermarket chains—with ripple effects reported in Spain, Portugal, Germany, Belgium, and Poland. The mechanism wasn’t an…

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