"All Spoiled" U.S. Military Base Freezers Malfunction... Hacking Suspected?

Simultaneous malfunctions occurred in food storage freezers at U.S. military facilities, prompting military authorities to launch an investigation.

According to Bloomberg on the 29th (local time), freezers at grocery stores across six U.S. military facilities stopped working simultaneously last August.

At the time, Fort Huachuca, a military base in Arizona, posted a photo of empty shelves on its official Facebook page, announcing that "all frozen food has spoiled."

In response, the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID) has initiated an investigation into the circumstances of the incident alongside other investigative agencies.

Authorities are reportedly keeping the possibility of hacking in mind.

In particular, they are reportedly investigating the cause by referencing a similar hacking incident involving refrigeration and freezing equipment that recently occurred in France.

The CID stated that it is indeed cooperating with French judicial authorities.

Earlier this month in France, hundreds of supermarkets suffered cyberattacks that paralyzed their refrigeration and freezing systems.

Hackers breached the cooling systems and forcibly switched them to defrost mode, causing temperatures inside the refrigerators and freezers to rise to up to 50°C (122°F) for about six hours.

As a result, supermarkets had to discard massive quantities of meat, frozen foods, and vegetables.
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