After fridge hacks, home appliances could be next, EU cyber chief warns
Verified: 3 outlets in 3 countries have reported this story since Nov 10.
After recent attacks on supermarket fridges, home appliances could be next, the EU’s cyber chief said on Tuesday, as he urged Europe to invest more to counter growing cyber threats. Supermarkets in at least 12 European countries were hit by cyberattacks in October and November, with France the worst affected. “Security should not and cannot be an afterthought,” Juhan Lepassaar, executive director of the EU’s cybersecurity agency ENISA, said. “Today it was fridges, tomorrow it could be routers,...
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Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.
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- Nov 10, 5:03 PM UTCFirst reportAfter Fridge Hacks, Home Appliances Could Be Next, Warns EU Cyber Chiefenglish.aawsat.com ↗
- Nov 10, 5:58 PM UTC+55 min· you’re reading thisAfter fridge hacks, home appliances could be next, EU cyber chief warnsscmp.com ↗
- Severity rose to medium
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 10, 5:58 PM UTC · +55 min
- Nov 11, 7:17 AM UTC+14 hAfter fridge hacks, home appliances could be next, warns EU cyber chiefnews.tuoitre.vn ↗
[Claude] Both reports are the same AFP story under different headlines, and neither contradicts Report 1's account of the EU cyber chief's warning about home appliances after supermarket fridge hacks.
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