Is Your Refrigerator Running? Yes, It's Running an Outdated OS: What the Supermarket Refrigeration Attacks Reveal About Embedded Security
Overnight on November 2, freezers in supermarkets across Sweden, Belgium, Luxembourg and Ireland climbed to around 50°C, and stores awoke to spoiled stock. This is the second wave within a month, after a similar attack on hundreds of French stores in October. No one has publicly claimed either attack, and the attack vector hasn't been confirmed. Regardless of who is responsible, the targets are what should worry us.