Why Boards Should Care About France’s Fridge Attack

On October 11, across France, consumers were surprised to find their markets closed as a result of an attack against….their refrigerators.

The cost of Downtime A year ago last month Jaguar Land Rover stopped building cars for about six weeks and every headline that week was about the cyber attack.

The end cost of the October 11 attack on the European food supply will be driven by how quickly these entities can replace product, get new or repaired cooling systems, and whatever else in cleanup is required.

These are not small or unsophisticated businesses, so I would imagine their boards had many cyber related discussions.

Boards ask the CISO to read out on risk, but they should be asking the management team to comment on resilience.