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Pentagon probes freezer failures at US military commissaries
The Pentagon is investigating refrigeration failures at more than half a dozen U.S. military commissaries in August, and cybersecurity experts suspect a possible connection to hackers who pushed freezers at hundreds of French supermarkets to 122 degrees, Fortune reported.[1] WorldNetDaily reported that the machines suddenly went into defrost mode, warming food that then spoiled.[2] The French freezer incident involved hackers, according to Fortune.[1]
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- Center Hackers pushed freezers at hundreds of French supermarkets to 122 degrees. Now the Pentagon is asking whether the same thing hit U.S. military bases
- Right-leaning Freezer failures spark investigation by Pentagon into possible cyberattack