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Hackers disrupt internet-connected retail fridges in multiple countries
Original: For a second time across a number of countries hackers have disrupted the working of retail fridges... and once again, t
Hackers have for a second time disrupted the operation of retail fridges across a number of countries. The incidents have renewed questions about why supermarket refrigeration units are connected to the internet at all, and why such connections appear to be secured so weakly. Commenters are questioning the logic of networking basic shop equipment and pointing to the risks of poorly protected infrastructure in everyday retail settings.
Why now: A repeat cyberattack on mundane retail equipment has revived debate about weak security on internet-connected commercial appliances.
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- For a second time across a number of countries hackers have disrupted the working of retail fridges... and once again, the issue (as discussed at length in my timeline a couple of weeks ago) is, why are these fridges connected to the internet with (what seems to be) very weak… · ChrisMayLA6@mastodon.me.uk · 21
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