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France fridge hack and Iran suspicion

The question hanging over France's fridge hack isn't whether Iran did it. It's who left the doors open. Refrigeration units got flipped into heaters, temps hit 50°C, food was ruined and fires broke out in some spots. Blood banks were hit next, with staff hauling supplies into fridges that still worked. Officials point at Iranian hackers. The evidence hasn't been shown publicly. What is clear: plenty of the gear was old, online, and wide open to elementary mistakes. One controller's password was literally worked out from the date. Whether anyone actually used that hole is still unknown. If Iran is behind it, that's serious cyberwarfare. But the negligence is its own story. Source: Reuters, Globe, Al Jazeera / Writer: Oliver #Reuters

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France fridge hack and Iran suspicion

The question hanging over France's fridge hack isn't whether Iran did it. It's who left the doors open. Refrigeration units got flipped into heaters, temps hit 50°C, food was ruined and fires broke out in some spots. Blood banks were hit next, with staff hauling supplies into fridges that still worked. Officials point at Iranian hackers. The evidence hasn't been shown publicly. What is clear: plenty of the gear was old, online, and wide open to elementary mistakes. One controller's password was literally worked out from the date. Whether anyone actually used that hole is still unknown. If Iran is behind it, that's serious cyberwarfare. But the negligence is its own story. Source: Reuters, Globe, Al Jazeera / Writer: Oliver #Reuters

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