schizoidman@lemmy.zip to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 days agoHackers Hijacked French Blood Plasma Freezers, Changing Temperature Settings From −30°C to 110°Ccybersecuritynews.comexternal-linkmessage-square85linkfedilinkarrow-up1168arrow-down11
arrow-up1167arrow-down1external-linkHackers Hijacked French Blood Plasma Freezers, Changing Temperature Settings From −30°C to 110°Ccybersecuritynews.comschizoidman@lemmy.zip to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square85linkfedilink
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 days agoAlso don’t make freezers that can be set for 110 degrees.
minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoIIRC they are locking them into a defrost cycle that would normally heat up the coils for a minute or two, just long enough to melt the frost.
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoThat still seems like a design flaw. A simple thermostat would cut the heater off past the right defrost temperature and would have prevented this. But it probably added a couple Euros to the price so they didn’t do it
Also don’t make freezers that can be set for 110 degrees.
IIRC they are locking them into a defrost cycle that would normally heat up the coils for a minute or two, just long enough to melt the frost.
That still seems like a design flaw. A simple thermostat would cut the heater off past the right defrost temperature and would have prevented this.
But it probably added a couple Euros to the price so they didn’t do it