Ot Security

EE Times argues that grid modernization is silently expanding utilities' cyberattack surface because limited IT/OT network visibility leaves connected grid assets exposed.

A hack of internet-exposed, outdated refrigeration/IoT devices hit 700 supermarkets, causing fires and millions in losses due to poor security practices.

Attackers remotely hijacked Danfoss refrigeration controllers to heat fridges and freezers to 50°C at hundreds of French supermarkets on the night of October 11, forcing mass food disposal and exposing systemic OT/IoT security risk in retail infrastructure.