"Iran made the Swedish freezers a target"

Even if the Swedish government does not want to point out anyone responsible, Iran's hand is over the whole affair. If French authorities are correct, it was Iran that exploited the vulnerability and effectively singled it out as a target.

Simple attacks

The attack on the French freezers became world news.

Nevertheless, around 30 users of Danfoss systems in Sweden seem to have missed the attacks.

We don't know everything about how the attackers were able to get into the Swedish freezers - but if it was as simple as in France, in some cases it would have been enough to change the username admin and the password today's date to something a little more difficult.

That suppliers of food to the Swedish population do not take their social responsibility more seriously is unimaginable because the warnings have been hailed so frequently. In addition to the authorities calling for tighter cyber security, SVT published an audit as recently as last month that control systems were open online.

AI increases the threat

With the development of AI, hackers will in the future be able to find unprotected freezers, heat pumps and power plants even faster than today.

Before that, everyone needs to think about what really needs to be connected to the internet - and if it is connected, the device needs to be protected by more difficult login details than "admin".