Urgent Software Update

[Paddy]

Don't forget to download and install the latest security update for your fridge-freezer.

Shop freezers in seven European countries hit by suspected cyber-attack

The temperature of freezers in several shops across Europe reportedly rose to as high as 50C.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[xoggoth]

Always worrying new news about something being prone to cyber-attacks or whatever. I wonder if my electric toothbrush is spying on me.

 

[secwombat]

This wasn't a hack - the freezers default admin password is todays date, and these things are plugged in to the Internet, so easily spottable on an IoT search engine.

No nation state threat here, it's Freddie in his PJs in his bedroom.

Zero sympathy for these retailers from here I'm afraid ...

 

[WhoApprovedThis]

What is wrong with just having them behind a remote vpn hardware device, instead of directly being exposed on the Internet.

Never had such issues back when with remote stores for connectivity to remote devices, but its is AI this and AI that and telemetry with data being leaked more than a builders bucket at a building site.

You just suspect that supermarkets IT department HQ will have no ownership of it and no management or oversight and politics involved in who owns and is responsible for the ongoing maintenance and security aspect, see this over many decades same old, roll out without a thought of security and best practices.