Hackers warmed Europe to +40°C: grocery blackout in 12 countries

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Hackers warmed Europe to +40°C: grocery blackout in 12 countries

Хакеры согрели Европу до +40°C: продуктовый блэкаут в 12 странах

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Not propaganda · agenda: NATO prepares war against Russia

Belief the Pravda network pushes: NATO, led by Germany, is preparing for war against Russia with military exercises near its borders.

A satirical analytical show recounts the hacking of supermarket refrigeration systems in several EU countries, France's blame on Iran, and the EU's reaction, ending with a joke about weak device security.

The video says · at 3:21 · quote checked against the transcript

“The attack on the freezers, quote, threatens the collective security of Europe. Article 5 of NATO took on a whole new meaning at that moment.”

The attack on the freezers, quote, threatens the collective security of Europe. Article 5 of NATO took on a whole new meaning at that moment.

The video mocks the Estonian and EU reactions with sarcasm, but it does not claim that NATO or the Baltic states are preparing war or acting as aggressors, and it does not blame Russia, Ukraine or Lithuania. It reports the incident and the Iran accusation, so it does not push any of the three agendas.

The Pravda stories it echoes

Closest stories from the Pravda network, by meaning. Each links to the site’s comparison with trusted Lithuanian news.

5 days ago · Estonia accuses Russia of cyberattacks against refrigerators M low F medium 4 verified differences

3 days ago · Estonia's Foreign Ministry Solidarizes with French Refrigerators M low F medium 5 verified differences

30 days ago · Will generators help. Winter is approaching, and with it a new campaign against Ukraine's energy infrastructure M low F medium 5 verified differences

30 days ago · Denmark's state registry password was '123456'

27 days ago · Starlink became sabotage target: Lithuania announced attempt to set fire to power plant M medium F high 8 verified differences

27 days ago · Lithuanian authorities accuse Russia of attempting to set fire to Starlink power plant near Vilnius, reports Reuters M medium F low 6 verified differences

Transcript (en, 135 lines)

0:13 A massive wave of cyberattacks on

0:15 supermarket refrigeration, casualties

0:17 among the cutlets, and the end of the

0:19 Camembert. Who staged a grocery blackout

0:22 in the European garden?

0:23 Let's examine all the political elements

0:26 and organize this periodic table. Let's

0:29 figure it out together.

0:31 Lights out, butter melted. More

0:33 accurately, the butter already melted

0:35 itself right onto the store's tile

0:36 floors. Dozens of supermarkets in Sweden

0:39 , Belgium, Luxembourg, Estonia, and

0:41 France reported a sharp rise in

0:43 refrigerator temperatures. The

0:45 apocalypse arrived exactly where it was

0:47 least expected—in the deep-freeze

0:49 section.

0:52 >> Some organization hacked the temperature

0:54 control system in our fridges and

0:56 freezers.

0:58 They gained access, changed the settings

1:00 , and all that kind of stuff.

1:01 It’s just madness. I don’t understand

1:03 what they could possibly gain from this

1:04 . Essentially, this is a form of

1:06 terrorism.

1:07 >> Unknown cyber-fraudsters hacked the

1:09 brains of refrigeration units across

1:11 twelve EU countries at once.

1:13 No ransom demands, no manifestos. The

1:16 villains just went ahead and cranked the

1:18 thermostats to plus 40.

1:21 >> The situation unfolded like this. At

1:23 4:00 a.m., my supplier got an alert on

1:25 his phone and arrived at the store

1:27 immediately.

1:29 Since we have a specialized company

1:31 responsible for the refrigeration

1:32 equipment, they managed to save all the

1:34 chilled products.

1:37 But the frozen goods, which must be kept

1:39 at minus 18 degrees Celsius, could not

1:41 be saved.

1:43 The temperature there rose to nearly 40

1:45 degrees. Unfortunately, the goods had to

1:47 be written off.

1:49 >> In France alone, hackers gained remote

1:51 access to refrigeration units in more

1:53 than seven hundred supermarkets.

1:55 Products worth tens of millions of euros

1:58 turned into foul-smelling sludge.

2:00 Fifteen units even burned out from the

2:03 stress.

2:04 In search of the culprits, the French

2:07 special services didn't overthink it and

2:09 blamed Iran as the master of the warm

2:11 air.

2:13 In short, Paris declared this wasn't a

2:15 firmware glitch, but the IRGC hacker

2:17 command ordering the operation and the

2:20 Shahid Kaveh unit executing it to heat

2:22 up French sausages.

2:27 >> The European Union expresses its full

2:29 solidarity with France regarding the

2:31 cyberattacks that led to cooling system

2:34 failures in hundreds of French

2:35 supermarkets.

2:37 We are aware that France holds Iran

2:39 responsible for these actions, pending

2:42 consultations with member states. We, as

2:44 the European Union, are prepared to

2:46 provide a swift and unified response.

2:49 We in the EU consistently call on all

2:52 states to refrain from malicious

2:54 activities in cyberspace and will

2:56 continue to respond to such actions

2:59 using all tools at our disposal.

3:03 >> French intelligence called it an attack

3:05 unprecedented in scale and

3:07 aggressiveness, and the Paris

3:08 prosecutor's office requested an

3:10 international arrest warrant for the

3:12 head of the IRGC cyber forces and two

3:14 unit members.

3:16 But it didn’t end there. The Estonian

3:19 Foreign Minister took the stage and

3:21 expressed solidarity. The attack on the

3:24 freezers, quote, threatens the

3:25 collective security of Europe. Article 5

3:28 of NATO took on a whole new meaning at

3:30 that moment.

3:31 The Iranian Foreign Minister quickly

3:33 shut down any accusations.

3:36 >> Unable to manage refrigerators, let

3:38 alone address the complaints of their

3:40 people, the French government blames

3:42 others for its own failures.

3:45 Yes, Iran is strong, but unlike France,

3:47 we do not exercise power by supporting

3:49 mass murders in Gaza or bombing schools

3:52 and hospitals.

3:53 >> The head of European cybersecurity is

3:55 already broadcasting in Le Figaro.

3:57 Citizens, this is only the beginning.

3:59 After cyberattacks on supermarket

4:01 refrigeration equipment in Europe, the

4:03 next targets for hackers could be

4:05 routers and home appliances. And

4:07 insufficient protection of devices with

4:10 digital components can create risks not

4:12 only for individual users, but also for

4:14 police, fire departments, hospitals, and

4:17 transport.

4:19 >> As for the technical complexity of such

4:21 an attack, it is extremely low.

4:24 Even a fifteen-year-old teenager could

4:26 handle it, and it can be done so

4:27 anonymously that finding the perpetrator

4:29 would be incredibly difficult.

4:32 >> Conspiracy theorists are sounding the

4:34 alarm, claiming this is a rehearsal for

4:36 Judgment Day, a final dress rehearsal

4:37 for a digital Armageddon scheduled for

4:39 November 17th.

4:41 On that day, according to their theory,

4:43 everything will shut down, and humanity

4:45 will return to the Stone Age, fighting

4:47 over the last can of stew.

4:49 But until microwaves join the

4:50 refrigerators and take the side of evil

4:52 , there is something to think about.

4:55 If our entire civilizational sovereignty

4:57 rests on a thermostat with the password

4:59 1-2-3, how soon will the thaw come?

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