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Nah this is exactly the kind of targeted attack humans do to cause disruption to food supplies, consumer anxiety, etc.

That makes sense

This seems insurance scammy.

This is yet another example of why things that don’t really need to be connected to the internet shouldn’t be connected to the internet. Sad that the hackers are as sad as they are. I blame their parents.

Why were these refrigerators connected to the Internet? In this day & age that seems idiotic.

But why will you put your air-conditioning online?

Sounds like they should just… hire maintenance people.

Oh great, military commissaries having all the food spoil, that can't lead to worse things.

hackers used to steal data. now they are defrosting groceries. we have lost the plot

WTF??? Why are refrigerators hackable? Relying on AI instead of humans? How's that working out?

They can still connect, FYI. Using MAC address filtering might help, but even that is just an extra layer to bypass.

I'm unplugging my fridge wifi 👍

Someone walked around doing a temperature check every hour. There are also systems to check the temperature and then automatically call someone to check. When I worked in a secure lab, that's what they used; not possible to hack this way.