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1. 2 Nov 3 6:00 AM

   NCSC chief Horne warns firms to upgrade ageing operational technology

   In the NCSC's annual report and BBC interviews, Richard Horne said decades of underinvestment in operational technology left widespread vulnerabilities that AI now lets adversaries find and exploit at unprecedented scale, and said it was still too early to identify who was behind the attacks.

   “because vulnerabilities that have been tolerated for far too long can now be discovered and exploited at a scale that was once unimaginable…”

   1. 1 outlet UK cyber chief warns 'upgrade your tech defences' after supermarket hacks

      first by The National UAE, 5d ago

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     #BBCPM I notice that the British meat industry admitted that they were hit by this Russian cyber attack. Russia is waging war on European countries in the cyber realm.

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2. backgroundNov 3

   Meat suppliers' group says members became "collateral" damage — The British Association of Independent Meat Suppliers told the BBC some of its 300-plus members were unexpectedly swept up in the hacks, though none lost meat stock.

3. 1 Nov 2 3:10 PM

   NCSC says UK food supply chain also hit by the hack

   The National Cyber Security Centre said it was aware of a couple of instances where vulnerable technology had been exploited in the UK and that it worked through the night to alert potentially affected organisations.

   “a couple of instances where vulnerable technology had been exploited in the UK…”

   1. 1 outlet UK also affected by cyber-attack which hit European supermarket fridges

      first by BBC, 5d ago

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   2. 1 outlet UK also affected by supermarket fridge hacks, cyber chief says

      first by BBC, 5d ago

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   Cyberattack raises fridge temperatures at supermarkets across Europe — Hundreds of stores in Belgium, Luxembourg, Sweden, Ireland, the Netherlands, Estonia and Finland had fridge and freezer temperatures remotely pushed as high as 50°C, spoiling fresh and frozen food worth millions of euros; around 40 Delhaize stores in Belgium and Luxembourg were among those affected.

5. backgroundOct 1

   Hackers hit supermarkets and food suppliers across France — Attacks in early October exploited vulnerabilities in systems used to remotely control cold refrigeration units, vulnerabilities that had been surfaced by cyber-security researchers months earlier.