On social media today I've seen various United States military personnel (or individuals who known military personnel) discussing problems with refrigeration units on military bases.
For those outside the United States, the United States government has military bases which act as housing for soldiers, as well as veterans, and are basically like... mini cities, kind of. You drive there, a guard is at post, they ask to see your military badge or some sort of identification to prove you're military, then they let you on base.
These military bases have homes, gas stations, restaurants, grocery stores, and they're usually exempt from tax (I don't know to what degree, I'm not in the military).
Anyway, people on base are sharing images of the on-base military grocery stores having their refrigerators compromised. These refrigerators are used to hold ice cream, meat, dairy products, eggs, etc. Some soldiers have said they've heard nine military bases have had this issue.
This is not outside the realm of possibility if these refrigerators are IoT (Internet of Thing) devices, meaning they're connected to the internet and can be managed remotely. It is totally possible a Threat Actor was able to access the refrigerator control panel and disable them, which would destroy the food products.
It is extremely important however that I note this is all speculative. While it is possible they were compromised, and some military bases are having problems, this could all be rumors circulating around military bases and online. In other words, this is what soldiers are saying, but that doesn't necessarily make it true. We have no concrete evidence or official statement from the United States government.
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