Pentagon probes refrigerator malfunctions in France and the US — Fortune – UA.NEWS

Pentagon probes refrigerator malfunctions in France and the US — Fortune  UA.NEWS

The Pentagon is investigating whether refrigeration failures in French supermarkets and US military stores could be linked to a cyberattack. Similar disruptions were also reported in Belgium, Sweden, Luxembourg and Estonia. The Pentagon is investigating whether malfunctions of refrigeration systems in French supermarkets and US military stores could have resulted from a cyberattack. In August, similar problems occurred at about six military stores in the United States, while last month temperatures in refrigerators and freezers rose at hundreds of supermarkets in France, Fortune reports. There is currently no official evidence that these incidents are connected. On the night before Monday, around 20 refrigeration systems at Delhaize, Carrefour and Spar supermarkets in Belgium malfunctioned.

Stéphane Moelans, CEO of Sabcobel, a company that installs refrigeration equipment, told Belga that technicians began work at 1 a.m. and disconnected the affected equipment from the network. Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet also reported similar disruptions at ICA and Coop stores in Sweden, as well as in Luxembourg and Estonia. One Swedish ICA Kvantum Sjöbo store said on Facebook that its refrigerators and freezers broke down overnight and that the equipment temperature was set to 50 degrees Celsius. The store said it therefore had to dispose of products. More current news is available on the UA.News Telegram channel Telegram. In France, the previous wave of incidents affected 80