Swedish chains ICA and Coop report overnight fridge hack

1 Nov 2 3:00 AM · 6d ago · 9 articles · 8 posts · 2 comments · 6 sources · development 1 of 6

ICA said several stores were hit by a cyberattack overnight that remotely set refrigerators and freezers to 50C; Coop said six of its shops were affected, with one store blaming the malfunction directly on hackers.

Swedish chains ICA and Coop report overnight fridge hack — theguardian.com

“The temperature of freezers at several Swedish grocery stores rose sharply overnight, operators ICA and Coop said, with at least one store blaming the incident on a cyberattack”

Reuters

Christophe Hansen EU food and agriculture commissionerJohn Billow Head of Sweden's national cybersecurity centreStephan Moelans CEO of Sabcobel, operator of Delhaize's refrigeration systemsICA / Coop Swedish supermarket chainsAhold Delhaize Dutch retailer, parent of Belgian/Luxembourg stores hit

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What was reported 8 claims about this development

8 outlets Freezers at supermarkets in several European countries hit by apparent cyberattacks

first by NY Post, 6d ago · also PBS NewsHour, Times of Israel, Yahoo, ABC News, Philadelphia Inquirer, KCCI +1
4 more headlines
- Freezers at supermarkets in several European countries hit by apparent cyberattacks, ruining food PBS NewsHour · 6d ago
- Stores’ freezer goods spoiled by apparent cyberattack in several European countries Times of Israel · 6d ago
- Freezers at supermarkets in Sweden hit by apparent cyberattacks Yahoo · 6d ago
- European grocery chains' freezers, refrigerators targeted in apparent cyberattacks ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos · 6d ago
6 outlets European Supermarkets Hit by Cyberattack

first by HotAir, 6d ago · also TechRadar, Digit, Euro Weekly News, Telegraph India, Seeking Alpha
5 more headlines
- Supermarket freezers across Europe hit by new ‘Cold War’ cyberattack TechRadar · 6d ago
- Can refrigerators be hacked too? Supermarket freezers hit by cyberattack, here is what happened Digit · 6d ago
- Swedish supermarket hit by cyberattack as fridges remotely set to 50°C Euro Weekly News · 6d ago
- Cyberattack targets refrigerators across Europe; supermarkets in Sweden, Belgium hit Telegraph India · 6d ago
- Cyberattacks hit refrigeration systems at European supermarkets Seeking Alpha · 6d ago
3 outlets European Countries Hit by Supermarket Freezer Cyberattacks

first by Newsweek, 6d ago · also CBS News, The Verge
3 more headlines
- More European grocery stores hit by apparent fridge-freezer hacks CBS News · 6d ago
- Supermarket freezers in European countries face apparent cyberattacks Mastodon · 6d ago
- More European supermarkets are getting their freezers hacked Mastodon · 6d ago
3 outlets Temperature soars at Swedish grocery store freezers, one store blames hackers

first by Reuters, 6d ago · also Cyber Security News, Straits Times
1 more headline
- Hackers Hijack Swedish Supermarket Fridges and Raise Freezer Temperatures to 55°C Cyber Security News · 6d ago
2 outlets Belgian, Swedish Supermarkets Report New Suspected Freezer Hack

first by Bloomberg Tech, 6d ago · also Bloomberg
1 outlet Apparent cyberattacks target freezers and fridges in Europe

first by NewsNation, 5d ago
1 outlet European grocery stores hit by cyberattack with freezers set to 120 degrees

first by KIRO 7 News Seattle, 5d ago
1 outlet Europe hit by another wave of grocery store freezer hacks

first by Business Insider, 6d ago

What people said 5 voices · verbatim

BREAKING: 🇸🇪 Swedish grocery giant ICA, one of Sweden's largest supermarket chains, says several of its stores have been hit by a cyberattack overnight, causing refrigerators and freezers to be remotely set to 50°C. The incident has likely resulted in large quantities of food

@InsiderGeoX6d ago977▲view on X ↗
There's nothing wrong with network connected fridges. A large supermarket chain will have 1000s of fridges than needed to managed. The issue is securing the management portal: by either keeping it inside the corporate network but that's not always possible with SaaS services, in that case mandatory MFA and unique password should be a requirement…

coomzeer/europe6d agoview on r/europe ↗
Now grocery store freezers in Sweden seem to have been hacked in similar fashion as was done in France — https://www. reuters.com/business/retail-co nsumer/temperature-soars-swedish-grocery-store-freezers-one-store-blames-hackers-2026-11-02/

hrbrmstr@mastodon.socialMastodon6d agoview on Mastodon ↗
Swedish grocery stores ICA and Coop have reported an incident in which freezer and refrigerator temperature controls were set to elevated temperatures overnight, with at least one operator attributing the malfunction to a cyber attack, Reuters reports. A similar situation is

@FaytuksNetworkX6d ago14▲view on X ↗
But then you have to pay someone a living wage to walk around and monitor electronics, report problems etc. It's much cheaper to spend tens of millions to fix damages because your e-freezer got haxx0red.

NefariousBluer/europe6d agoview on r/europe ↗

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