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The Pentagon is investigating suspected cyberattacks after freezer failures spoiled food at six US military commissaries in late August, including at Fort Huachuca in Arizona, Fort Irwin in California, F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming, Travis Air Force Base in California, Naval Station Newport in Rhode Island and Columbus Air Force Base in Mississippi. US Cyber Command and the Army Criminal Investigation Division are involved, and US investigators are coordinating with French authorities who are examining a separate refrigeration attack that affected more than 350 commercial establishments in France in October. In both cases, temperatures rose enough to spoil food, with some French units reportedly overheating to 122 degrees and catching fire.
Investigators have not publicly identified a perpetrator or confirmed whether the US incidents resulted from malicious activity. The affected US commissaries may have used internet-connected refrigeration controllers, and vulnerabilities in Danfoss AK-SM 800A series controllers were disclosed in 2025, but it remains unconfirmed whether those or other systems were involved.
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