As more everyday items are plugged into the internet, hackers have a vast new menu of targets to choose from.
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More than half a dozen U.S. military commissaries experienced refrigeration failure in August, and cybersecurity experts suspect a possible connection.
A sales manager at a store in Stockholm told Reuters that the attack occurred around 2 a.m., raising the freezers' temperatures, which wasn't noticed until hours later.
Supermarkets across Europe were hit by suspected cyberattacks that resulted in sudden changes in the temperatures of their fridges and freezers on Monday, weeks after a similar but more widespread issue in France.
A cyber incident affecting a specific model of refrigeration equipment led SuperValu to remove chilled and frozen products from 13 Irish stores as a precaution; the stores remain open, and Musgrave says its investigation is ongoing.
Chains in Sweden, Belgium and Luxembourg said fridge temperatures rose overnight, similar to hack that hit French stores in October Supermarket chains in Sweden, Belgium and Luxembourg have said the temperatures of their refrigerators and freezers in dozens of stores rose overnight, prompting fears …
Grocery chains in European nations say temperatures in some stores' fridges and freezers soared over 100 degrees just weeks after a similar incident in France.
Stores and supermarkets across Belgium, Luxembourg and Sweden all reported abrupt temperature spikes in their fridges and freezers early Monday in an apparent cyberattack targeting refrigeration units. The incidents follow a similar attack that hit hundreds of supermarkets across France in October, …
Hackers cranked fridge and freezer temperatures up to 50°C in dozens of supermarkets across Europe, just weeks after a similar attack hit hundreds of French stores.
According to a report from The Guardian, supermarket chains in Sweden, Belgium, and Luxembourg confirmed that refrigerator and freezer temperatures spiked unexpectedly overnight, raising urgent fears of a coordinated cyber-attack mirroring a massive strike on French stores last month that destroyed …
Supermarkets in Sweden, Belgium, Luxembourg, Ireland and Estonia reported disruptions to their refrigeration systems, apparently caused by cyberattacks. Some of the stores affected by Monday's incident were forced to discard spoiled food.
A cyberattack on refrigeration systems has disrupted stores run by multiple supermarket chains across several European countries after hackers remotely changed temperature settings on freezers and cooling systems. [...]
Supermarkets across Europe have been targeted in apparent cyberattacks once again. Three weeks after a defrosting attack in France, supermarkets in Sweden, Belgium, Luxembourg and Estonia reported freezer malfunctions.
