Refrigeration cyber attacks spread across seven European countries
Hackers breach supermarket cooling systems in Belgium, Estonia, Ireland, and five other nations, spoiling millions in food.
What to know
- At least seven European countries—Belgium, Estonia, Ireland, Finland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Sweden—experienced coordinated refrigeration system breaches on November 2, following a similar attack in France last month.
- Hackers raised supermarket cooling temperatures to 50–70°C (122–158°F), spoiling millions of euros worth of food and prompting EU officials to call the pattern a deliberate assault on Europe's food supply.
- The incidents raise questions about the vulnerabilities of internet-connected infrastructure and whether connected appliances pose a broader security risk to critical systems.
“putting your stove, grill, or fridge on the Internet gives bad actors (and the government) the ability to brick your appliances for any reason, at any time”
Amy Curtis, Townhall columnist · Townhall ↗
Christophe Hansen EU food and agriculture commissionerUnknown threat actors Cyber attackers
How it unfolded 2 developments, newest first · click a bar or a number to jump articlesposts
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EU commissioner calls attacks a deliberate food supply disruption
Christophe Hansen, EU food and agriculture commissioner, characterized the repeated cyber-attacks as deeply concerning and described them as a deliberate attempt to disrupt Europe's food supply chain and undermine consumer confidence.
“a deliberate attempt to disrupt our food supply chain and undermine consumers' confidence in it…”
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first by Townhall, 6d ago
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🇪🇺 UPDATE: EUROPE'S REFRIGERATION CYBERATTACKS - NOW 14 COUNTRIES REPORT INCIDENTS Since my previous update, the scale of the incidents across Europe has become considerably clearer. 🇵🇱 POLAND: CERT Polska has confirmed two attacks on refrigeration systems at a grocery store
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https://www. europesays.com/fr/1281893/ « Un incident informatique » : les systèmes de réfrigération de dizaines de supermarchés en Europe visés par une vague de cyberattaques # actu # Actualités # EU # europe # FR # France # international # News # RépubliqueFrançaise
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Des cyberattaques contre des réfrigérateurs et des congélateurs visent plusieurs supermarchés en Europe
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Refrigeration systems breached across multiple European countries
Hackers attacked cooling systems in supermarkets across Belgium, Estonia, Ireland, Finland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Sweden overnight. Temperature settings were raised to as high as 70°C (158°F), causing food to spoil with damage expected to run into the millions.
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first by Anadolu Agency, 5d ago
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Hackers breach French supermarket refrigeration systems — In France, hackers seized control of cooling units in as many as 700 supermarkets, raising temperatures to 50°C (122°F) and causing fires and food losses estimated in the tens of millions of euros.