FILE - Customers shop in the frozen food aisle with glass door freezers in a supermarket in Fleurance, Gers, France, March 3, 2026. (Photo by Isabelle Souriment / Hans Lucas / AFP via Getty Images)
The Pentagon is treating a series of freezer malfunctions across several U.S. military bases as a suspected cyberattack, according to multiple reports.
The incidents occurred in late August and spoiled food.
Possible cyberattack
What we know:
The malfunctions impacted commissaries on military bases in Fort Irwin, California; Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico; Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island; Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas; F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming; Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, and Fort Huachuca, Arizona, according to the Military Times.
The malfunctions appeared to happen overnight.
The U.S. Cyber Command and the Army Criminal Investigation Division’s Cyber Field Office are investigating the incident, according to an exclusive Reuters report.
Federal investigators are also collaborating with French law enforcement to better understand the refrigeration outages that took place in Europe earlier this month.
The outages caused not just food spoilage, but fires as well, according to Reuters.
What we don't know:
Though federal investigators are looking at the malfunctions as a possible cyberattack, it has not been officially established that it was the reason behind the incident.
The Source: Information for this article was taken from exclusive Reuters reporting and reporting by Newsweek and the Military Times. This story was reported from San Jose.