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European supermarkets hit by second wave of fridge cyberattacks
Refrigerators and freezers in dozens of supermarkets across Belgium, Sweden, Luxembourg, Ireland, Estonia and other European countries were remotely heated to dangerous temperatures overnight, spoiling food worth hundreds of thousands of euros.
Supermarket chains across at least seven European countries reported that refrigeration systems in their stores were targeted in a suspected cyberattack on Monday, with temperatures remotely raised to around 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit). Affected retailers included Ahold Delhaize and Colruyt in Belgium and Luxembourg, Swedish chains ICA and Coop, Irish supermarket SuperValu, and stores in Estonia, Finland and Ireland. The incident forced retailers to discard large quantities of spoiled food, with one Delhaize store in Belgium reporting losses exceeding €100,000. The attack mirrors a similar cyberattack in France three weeks earlier that affected hundreds of supermarkets. EU Agriculture Commissioner Christophe Hansen called the attacks a 'deliberate attempt to disrupt Europe's food supplies', though he stated food security was not currently at risk. No group has claimed responsibility, and the UK's National Cyber Security Centre said it was working with international partners and industry to understand the incident.
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