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Pentagon treats military base freezer failures as suspected cyberattack
The Pentagon is treating late-August freezer malfunctions at U.S. military base commissaries as a suspected cyberattack, according to four officials familiar with the matter.[7] The malfunctions affected at least six commissaries, the on-base stores where military personnel buy their food.[1, 2, 4 +1] The Daily Beast reported that in one instance the freezer temperature was cranked up, melting and spoiling food.[2]
Investigators are working with officials in France, where a widespread cyberattack on supermarket freezers caused millions of dollars worth of damage.[7] An Army official said U.S. military criminal investigators are examining the freezer failures following similar outages in Europe caused by a cyberattack.[3] Task & Purpose reported that refrigeration failures spoiled food at commissaries across the country and that investigators are examining whether hackers were responsible.[6]
Why it matters The malfunctions spoiled food that troops and military staff buy at on-base commissaries.[2, 6]
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Background Pentagon Cyber Command Freezer Probe Explained: What We Know and Don't Know
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Of the 10 rated outlets that covered it, 2 are left of center, 4 are center and 4 are right of center (3 of them in the Right group).
- Left: none.
- Leans left: HuffPost (−1.06), The Daily Beast (−0.64).
- Center: Newsweek (−0.30), Task & Purpose (−0.15), International Business Times (−0.14), Bloomberg (+0.08).
- Leans right: New York Post (+0.64).
- Right: The Washington Times (+1.27), Fox News (+1.52), Breitbart (+2.03).
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