Hundreds of UK supermarket fridges still at heightened risk of hacking

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Research by security group UK Cyber Defence found the interfaces to 274 supermarket refrigeration controllers were “reachable from anywhere in the world” – significantly heightening their risk of being hacked.

The control systems of nearly 300 fridges in the UK remain reachable on the open internet despite a devastating series of cyberattacks across Europe in recent weeks.

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