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Near-Simultaneous Refrigeration Failures Hit Military Commissaries Across Multiple Bases
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Refrigeration systems at military commissaries across at least six installations failed near-simultaneously on August 26 to 27, with the Pentagon acknowledging a "possible refrigeration disruption" at numerous DeCA locations.
If these failures stem from compromised networked control systems rather than coincidental equipment failures, it illustrates how building management infrastructure on military bases can be disrupted at scale. The Fort Huachuca case, where freezers actively entered defrost mode rather than simply losing power, points toward a control-system anomaly rather than a power issue.
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At least six military installations confirmed refrigeration or freezer failures on August 26 to 27, with additional incidents independently confirmed.
At Fort Huachuca, freezers entered defrost mode and actively heated food; the installation confirmed power had not gone out.
The Pentagon acknowledged a "possible refrigeration disruption" at numerous DeCA commissaries, though no evidence of hacking has been confirmed.
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