Shop fridges and freezers across Europe hit by fresh suspected cyber-attack
Cybersecurity experts say incidents had minimal effect but may represent the ‘foothills’ of a wider threat Meat processing firms in the UK have been hit by cyber-attacks after hackers raised the temperatures of supermarket freezers across Europe.
Key points
- The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) said it was working with the affected companies but that the national impact was minimal.
- Retailers in Belgium, Estonia, Ireland, Finland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Sweden reported problems with their refrigeration systems on Monday, and several companies confirmed they had been hacked.
Chains in seven countries say cooling unit temperatures rose overnight in incident similar to hack of French shops Who is hacking Europe’s supermarket fridges and freezers, and why?
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