Supermarket freezers in Sweden, Belgium, Luxembourg and Estonia hit by apparent cyberattacks
Summary
Freezers at supermarkets in Sweden, Belgium, Luxembourg and Estonia have been hit by apparent cyberattacks affecting their refrigeration systems, ABC News reported on Monday 2 November, PBS NewsHour headlining that the attacks were ruining food and writing that similar attacks hit supermarkets in France last month, causing temperatures to rise in their refrigeration systems. Grocery stores across Europe have been hit by another wave of suspected cyberattacks, reporting sudden changes in the temperatures of their fridges and freezers, The Verge reported, and CBS News wrote that temperatures in some stores' fridges and freezers soared over 100 degrees just weeks after a similar incident in France.
Latest: Supermarkets in Sweden, Belgium, Luxembourg and Estonia are dealing with apparent cyberattacks affecting their refrigeration systems, ABC News reported, PBS NewsHour headlining that the attacks were ruining food, The Verge describing another wave of suspected cyberattacks on grocery stores across Europe and CBS News writing that temperatures in some stores' fridges and freezers soared over 100 degrees just weeks after a similar incident in France.
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How it unfolded
Monday 2 November
Supermarkets in Sweden, Belgium, Luxembourg and Estonia are dealing with apparent cyberattacks affecting their refrigeration systems, ABC News reported, PBS NewsHour headlining that the attacks were ruining food, The Verge describing another wave of suspected cyberattacks on grocery stores across Europe and CBS News writing that temperatures in some stores' fridges and freezers soared over 100 degrees just weeks after a similar incident in France.
- 10:31PBS NewsHour Freezers at supermarkets in several European countries hit by apparent cyberattacks, ruining food
- 10:20LA Times Cyberattacks hit supermarket freezers across Europe, threatening fresh and frozen food
- 08:44ABC News Freezers at supermarkets in several European countries hit by apparent cyberattacks
- 08:00The Verge More European supermarkets are getting their freezers hacked
- 07:45CBS News More European grocery stores hit by apparent fridge-freezer hacks