The Pentagon is actively investigating a series of late-August refrigeration and freezer failures across at least six U.S. military base commissaries where units malfunctioned by switching into heating or defrost modes. The unexpected temperature spikes forced bases—such as Fort Huachuca—to discard massive quantities of spoiled food overnight. U.S. military cyber investigators have opened communication channels with French law enforcement to examine similarities with a separate, massive cyberattack that overrode temperature controls on commercial freezers across more than 350 French supermarkets. Ongoing technical reviews focus heavily on potential firmware or web management vulnerabilities in industrial cold-storage controllers, similar to flaws previously identified in older commercial devices. The active probe underscores growing international alarm over how cyberattacks targeting connected operational technology and supply chain refrigeration systems can cause severe physical and financial damage.

Full report : U.S. defense officials probe mysterious refrigeration and food spoilage incidents at multiple military bases, examining potential links to similar widespread hacks in Europe.