The Defense Criminal Investigative Service and a U.S. Cyber Command unit are coordinating with French officials following late August cooling malfunctions at more than a half-dozen military commissaries. The domestic failures spanned facilities in Arizona, California, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Arkansas, Wyoming, and Georgia, where systems heated up or shifted into defrost cycles. This pattern closely resembles an October incident in France, where hackers compromised Danfoss software to deliberately warm supermarket freezers up to 50 degrees Celsius. Although defense officials acknowledge speculation regarding a cyber incident, no direct link between the domestic and foreign disruptions has…
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Disruptions across domestic military commissaries have raised concerns due to their stron…: Disruptions across domestic military commissaries have raised concerns due to their strong operational similarities to French retail cyberattacks.
French supermarkets suffered substantial inventory losses because obsolete hardware and o…: French supermarkets suffered substantial inventory losses because obsolete hardware and outdated firmware left them exposed to tampering.
Investigators have not confirmed a formal link between the domestic commissary food spoil…: Investigators have not confirmed a formal link between the domestic commissary food spoilage and the European attacks.
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In October, hundreds of French supermarkets were massively hit by a cyber attack that caused their fridges and freezers to heat up, spoiling fresh and frozen food estimated to be worth millions of euros. The hackers gained control of the software that regulates the temperatures of the refrigeration units, forcing some to warm to 50C (120F) overnight, according to one supermarket chain affected. Two supermarkets, Intermarché and E.Leclerc, reported an estimated €270,000, about $300,000 in combined stock damages, according to local news outlet Sud Ouest.
Pentagon is also in contact with French authorities, and a unit of the US Cyber Command is co-ordinating with multiple agencies including the Army’s Criminal Investigation Division’s Cyber Field Office, according to news agency Reuters.
When asked about the investigation, the Pentagon said that a unit of Cyber Command — the military's cyber force — was "working in close coordination with interagency and law enforcement partners." It did not elaborate.
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