return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 hours ago'Unprecedented' Cyberattack cripples supermarket fridges across Europe as hackers activate automatic defrosting — delivery and store prices also impacted by incidentwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square24linkfedilinkarrow-up1227arrow-down13
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minus-squaretiramichu@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·16 hours agoThe disconnect between how systems “should” be and how they actually are is disappointingly enormous. Retailers are surprisingly enough just like consumers and want things to “just work” without caring about security. And so they get Internet-connected fridges, and it’s all fine, until the very moment it isn’t. I hope this is a learning experience and they beef-up their systems.
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·12 hours agoAnd it’s not just retailers. I’ve seen this just about everywhere, especially in toxic workplaces.
The disconnect between how systems “should” be and how they actually are is disappointingly enormous.
Retailers are surprisingly enough just like consumers and want things to “just work” without caring about security.
And so they get Internet-connected fridges, and it’s all fine, until the very moment it isn’t.
I hope this is a learning experience and they beef-up their systems.
And it’s not just retailers. I’ve seen this just about everywhere, especially in toxic workplaces.