Suspected cyberattacks raise supermarket freezer temperatures across Europe
Summary
Suspected cyberattacks raised temperatures in refrigerators and freezers at supermarkets across Europe overnight into Monday, 2 November, spoiling food and forcing some stores to discard products. Reports name Belgium, Sweden, Luxembourg, Estonia, Ireland, the Netherlands and Finland, while the South China Morning Post reports incidents in at least nine countries. Ireland's SuperValu confirmed that refrigeration systems in 13 of its 223 stores were affected by a cyber incident, and Axios reports that an ICA supermarket in Sweden said hackers set its fridge and freezer temperatures to 122°F, about 50°C. The South China Morning Post says the EU warned of a deliberate attempt to disrupt the bloc's food supply chain; no group has claimed responsibility, according to CBC News. The incidents follow a similar attack in France last month, and it is unclear whether the attacks are connected. The BBC also reports that the UK meat industry was hit by a cyberattack targeting European supermarket freezers.
Timeline
Sky News
Source ↗Sky News reports that hackers targeted supermarket fridges and freezers in several European countries, including Ireland, causing temperatures to rise and food to spoil.
POLITICO
Source ↗POLITICO reports that dozens of store refrigerators across five countries had their temperatures raised remotely, following similar attacks in France last month.
NBC News
Source ↗NBC News reports that temperature spikes spoiled food at stores in Sweden, the Netherlands, Belgium, Ireland, Luxembourg and Estonia, following a similar cyberattack in France last month.
CBS News
Source ↗CBS News reports that grocery chains said temperatures in some stores' fridges and freezers soared over 100 degrees, weeks after a similar incident in France.
Digital Trends
Source ↗Digital Trends reports that hackers raised fridge and freezer temperatures to 50°C in dozens of European supermarkets, weeks after a similar attack hit hundreds of French stores.
Le Monde
Source ↗Le Monde reports that refrigeration temperatures soared and destroyed food products amid cyberattacks and suspicious activity around supermarkets in several European countries.
South China Morning Post
Source ↗The South China Morning Post reports that a suspected cyberattack affected grocery stores in at least nine European countries and prompted an EU warning of a deliberate attempt to disrupt the bloc's food supply chain.
TechRadar
Source ↗TechRadar reports that suspected attacks targeted supermarkets across Europe by raising refrigeration temperatures and spoiling food.
The Times of Israel
Source ↗The Times of Israel reports that cold-storage temperatures in some supermarkets in Sweden, Belgium, Luxembourg and Estonia were remotely raised, following a similar incident in France last month.
BBC
Source ↗The BBC reports that shop freezers in seven European countries were hit by a cyberattack, with temperatures reportedly rising as high as 50°C.
Hindustan Times
Source ↗The Hindustan Times reports that Ireland's SuperValu confirmed refrigeration systems in 13 of its 223 stores were affected by a cyber incident.
Axios
Source ↗Axios reports that a Belgian company operating Delhaize's refrigeration systems said hackers switched units into defrost mode, and that the Pentagon is investigating suspected attacks on refrigeration systems at six military commissaries.
CBC News
Source ↗CBC News reports that no one has claimed responsibility for either the European attacks or the similar French attack, heightening European authorities' concerns about hybrid threats to infrastructure.
The Guardian
Source ↗The Guardian reports that supermarket chains in at least seven European countries said fridge and freezer temperatures soared overnight to as high as 50°C, echoing an attack in France last month, and that several companies confirmed they had been hacked.
The Sydney Morning Herald
Source ↗The Sydney Morning Herald reports that a cyberattack affected supermarket refrigerators and freezers across seven European countries.
BBC
Source ↗The BBC reports that the UK meat industry was hit by a cyberattack targeting European supermarket freezers, while supermarkets in Ireland, Sweden and Belgium reported rising fridge temperatures.
CNBC
Source ↗CNBC reports that hackers remotely raised supermarket fridge temperatures across Europe, spoiling food.
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