Multiple sources confirm that it's the same Danfoss problem this time, for example, https://www.hln.be/binnenland/centrum-voor-cybersecurity-bev... (in Dutch)
replyIn the Reuters article on it weeks ago they mentioned finding 4500 similar freezers still available online, with the simple login bypass included. So yeah that was just a matter of time?
replyGlass half full: The scale of this is rather small overall, so most supermarkets etc. appear to have at least some form of basic security.
Somebody needs to run Windows Update :-)
reply> the hackers pirated controllers mostly supplied by the Danish company Danfoss, which said subsequently that it had identified some security flaws last year and had “long recommended” customers install updates.
This but unironically. Windows Update forcing updates and reboots is precisely to prevent incompetent IT from running unpatched systems.
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