Pentagon worried about cyber attack after food spoilage at bases According to four officials with knowledge, the Pentagon considers a cyber attack to be the cause of the mysterious wave of freezer failures that occurred at US military bases in August. According to Reuters, following this incident, food went bad at military bases across the United States. One of the officials said military investigators were in contact with their French counterparts, as a similar cyber attack on store refrigerators disrupted French supermarkets last month. The US military's Criminal Investigation Department said its cyber unit is involved in the investigation and is cooperating with French law enforcement. Outages in late August in the US affected at least six food stores on bases where troops receive food, according to a Reuters review of Facebook posts and website updates from military bases on the same date. - link.

Pentagon worried about cyber attack after food spoilage at bases According to four officials with knowledge, the Pentagon considers a cyber attack to be the cause of the mysterious wave of freezer failures that occurred at US military bases in August. According to Reuters, following this incident, food went bad at military bases across the United States. One of the officials said military investigators were in contact with their French counterparts, as a similar cyber attack on store refrigerators disrupted French supermarkets last month. The US military's Criminal Investigation Department said its cyber unit is involved in the investigation and is cooperating with French law enforcement. Outages in late August in the US affected at least six food stores on bases where troops receive food, according to a Reuters review of Facebook posts and website updates from military bases on the same date. - link.