Cyber attacks affect UK meat processing industry, top security official says
Hundreds of stores were targeted as attackers exploited vulnerabilities in remote refrigeration systems, spoiling food worth millions of euros, officials said.
- On Monday, supermarkets in Ireland, Sweden, Estonia, and Belgium suffered an overnight cyber attack that spiked refrigeration temperatures, spoiling fresh and frozen food estimated worth millions of euros.
- Attackers exploited known vulnerabilities in remote refrigeration management software that cyber-security researchers had identified months prior, compromising systems used to control cold storage units remotely.
- Some of the more than 300 members of the British Association of Independent Meat Suppliers became what AIMS called "collateral" in the hacks, with units reaching 100C though no produce was lost.
- National Cyber Security Centre officials warned UK organizations of potential risks on Tuesday, though chief executive Richard Horne said it remains "too early to say" who launched the hacks.
- Horne warned that "technology base we rely on as a society has not been invested on to the extent it needs to be," urging businesses to secure internet-connected systems against evolving threats.
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The EU is working on a response to cyberattacks that have hit supermarkets in large parts of Europe, a spokesperson said.
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Aristegui NoticiasThe list of countries concerned now includes Belgium, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
The United Kingdom has been added to a list of affected countries since Monday, including Germany, Belgium, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania and Sweden.
UK food suppliers have been hit by a cyberattack after hackers deliberately raised the temperature of supermarket refrigeration units across Europe. The UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is already working with the companies involved. While the damage at a national level is minimal, cybersecurity experts say the attacks are likely to have been carried out by groups with Russian links, The Guardian reported.
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