Temperature soars at Swedish grocery store freezers, one store blames hackers
- On Monday, cyberattacks reportedly hit supermarket refrigeration systems in Sweden and Belgium, forcing temperatures to 50°C .
- These incidents follow large-scale attacks last month across France, where investigators identified vulnerabilities in refrigeration management software supplied by Danish manufacturer Danfoss.
- At least 40 Delhaize supermarkets were reportedly affected, while Carrefour Belgium confirmed 15 stores experienced refrigeration equipment problems.
- A spokesperson at privately held ICA said, "We are aware that a limited number of stores were affected by an incident overnight," and the operator is working to restore normal operations.
- These developments raise concerns regarding the security of supermarket infrastructure, particularly systems allowing remote monitoring and control of refrigeration equipment across Europe.
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The AEX remains unchanged on the first trading day of November. At just after noon, the Amsterdam main index is still standing flat at 1,134.4 points, the level at which it closed on Friday. Ahold Delhaize is the big loser after it was revealed this morning that freezers and refrigeration units belonging to supermarket chain Delhaize in Belgium have been hacked. Furthermore, investors are mainly awaiting quarterly figures from Apple and Palantir…
<p>In Europe, a new refrigerator failure in supermarkets - suspected cyberattack In dozens of stores in Belgium and Sweden, the temperature of refrigerators and freezers suddenly changed. Networks check IT incident.</p>
The incident, which has caused significant economic losses, is similar to the one that occurred in France last month. More information: A week of cyber attacks on French supermarkets puts Europe on alert: "It is the threat that no one saw arrive"
The pirates raised the temperature fifteen degrees in places like Delhaize or Carrefour, a sabotage similar to those detected in France and Sweden.
Several Swedish, Belgian and Luxembourg branches are affected by cyber-attacks, and tons of food is expected to be forced to land in the garbage again this time.
Ahold Delhaize reported on Monday a "computer incident" disrupting the refrigerators of his supermarkets in Belgium and Luxembourg. Similar to a recent cyber attack in France, this incident led to a...
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