The FBI is warning grocery stores and anyone who keeps food or medicine cold to lock down their refrigeration systems, warning hackers are targeting these systems worldwide.
St Louis cybersecurity expert Zach Lewis, "We saw in France that attackers went after the national blood service and tried to ruin platelets that had been collected and plasma. Fortunately they were able to stop that before it happened but the loss of blood products in a hospital setting and healthcare setting could be very devastating."
Lewis says these older refrigerator units were not meant to hook up to the internet so they have default passwords that are easy to hack.
We asked what anyone with an internet connected device in their home or business should be doing to secure it. He says change default passwords, update any firmware and "If it's something like a refrigerator or another appliance and maybe you're not using the internet on it, maybe it's just there as a feature and you don't use it, try to turn it off. You don't have to leave these things on. You can turn off different settings in these devices you use and that just lowers your attack footprint."
Could impact food and medical supplies
Could impact food and medical supplies
