Supermarket fridge hacking attacks due to lack of basic cybersecurity measures, expert says
Laurent H. — CEO & Founder CYBERR & HEELR
Supermarket fridge hacking attacks due to lack of basic cybersecurity measures, expert says
French investigators on Tuesday were hunting the hackers who seized control of cooling units at hundreds of supermarkets in a cyberattack that underlined the vulnerabilities of connected systems, with no group publicly claiming responsibility. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks with Marta Rybczynska, cybersecurity expert at Ygreky. She says that basic measures like regularly updating software or passwords are essential to prevent hacking attacks.
https://www.france24.com/en/supermarket-fridge-hacking-attacks-due-to-lack-of-basic-cybersecurity-measures-expert-says
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Scott N.: Vendor participation in updating their code/firmware goes a long way; however, some manufacturers choose to just move onto the next model. Consumers are afterthought. It’s worth noting a similar attack was alleged in recent US DoD commissary locations.
Schomer: Blaming critical infrastructure failures on a lack of patch velocity or stale passwords is a legacy mindset, Laurent. The real architectural bottleneck is that these connected systems rely entirely on passive application-layer telemetry. When an automated attack vector targets a structural root flaw, a reactive patching loop will always be too slow. To secure high-stakes infrastructure nodes, we m