European supermarket freezers hit just weeks after French cyber attack
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- Scientific American·6h agoHow hackers are turning grocery store freezers into heaters
By hijacking built-in defrost controls, attackers have spoiled millions of euros’ worth of food across Europe. U.S. military bases may have been hit, too
Read at Scientific American → - The Independent·10h agoUK meat processing firms hit amid fridge and freezer cyber attacks
It has emerged that the cyber attack on French supermarket fridges involved legacy technology connected to internet with default passwords.
Read at The Independent → - SBS World·21h agoWho's behind Europe's freezer hacks — and is Australia next?
The hackers remain a mystery, but some clues could point to who was behind the attack.
Read at SBS World → - DW News EN·1d agoEuropean supermarkets targeted in second reported cyberattack
Supermarkets across Europe have been targeted in cyberattacks once again. Three weeks after a defrosting attack in France, supermarkets in Belgium, Estonia, Ireland, Luxembourg and Sweden reported freezer malfunctions.
Read at DW News EN → - NYT Business·1d agoAre Freezers Being Hacked? Europe and the U.S. Military Are Investigating.
A wave of disruptions at grocery stores, which some officials blame on cyberattacks, highlight the vulnerability of supply chains. Shops across Europe were affected again on Monday.
Read at NYT Business → - Gizmodo AU·1d agoSupermarket Freezers Across Europe Hit With Another Cyberattack
The refrigerations systems were cranked up to 122 degrees Fahrenheit in at least half a dozen countries.
Read at Gizmodo AU → - CBC Business CA·1d agoAnother cyberattack on supermarket fridges sweeps Europe, leaving food spoiled
The incident comes after a very similar cyberattack last month that sent fridge temperatures in some French supermarkets way up. While no one has claimed responsibility for either attack, they have heightened concerns among European authorities about hybrid threats to…
Read at CBC Business CA → - ABC Business AU·1d agoCyber attack on fridges hits supermarkets across Europe
Multiple supermarket chains have reported an IT incident that spiked fridge and freezer temperatures overnight, with one company claiming it was a cyber attack.
Read at ABC Business AU → - Global News Canada·1d agoSupermarket freezers in 4 European countries hit by apparent cyberattack
The problems follow a case last month in which attackers remotely took control of refrigeration systems in hundreds of supermarkets across France, sending temperatures soaring.
Read at Global News Canada → - The Verge·1d agoMore European supermarkets are getting their freezers hacked
Employees at an ICA Kvantum supermarket in Sjoebo, Sweden unloading spoiled food from the freezer units. | Image: Johan Nilsson / TT News Agency / AFP via Getty Images Grocery stores across Europe have been hit by another wave of suspected cyberattacks, reporting sudden changes…
Read at The Verge → - BBC Business·1d agoShop freezers in six European countries hit by suspected cyber-attack
The temperature of freezers in several shops across Europe reportedly rose to as high as 50C.
Read at BBC Business → - Guardian World·1d agoSupermarket freezers across Europe hit by second suspected cyber-attack
Chains in Sweden, Belgium and Luxembourg say fridge temperatures rose overnight, similar to hack of French stores Supermarket chains in Sweden, Belgium and Luxembourg have said the temperatures of their refrigerators and freezers in dozens of stores rose overnight, prompting…
Read at Guardian World → - Financial Times·1d agoEuropean supermarket freezers hit just weeks after French cyber attack
Retailers in Sweden and Belgium report units overheating to as high as 55C in dozens of stores
Read at Financial Times →