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Comment by stickfigure

7 hours ago

There is probably enough variety in refrigeration technology that this scenario is unrealistic. There are many tens to hundreds of manufacturers worldwide.

Similar issue affected a US military base very recently. Multiple manufacturers doesn't help if they source the same components.

By the way, Soviet refrigerators are immune to this type of attacks.

  • because they are empty?

    • Obviously, because they cannot be controlled over Internet. Also, some consumer Soviet refrigerators are still operating, they were made pretty reliable because one could not easily replace one.