Cyberattack on Supermarket Fridges Across Europe Leads to Massive Food Spoilage

11/02/2026

Supermarkets in Sweden, Belgium, Luxembourg and Estonia are dealing with cyberattacks affecting their refrigeration systems

11/02/2026

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.

11/02/2026

A hacking attack on European supermarkets spread across the continent on Monday, hitting fridges and freezers from Sweden to Belgium and forcing stores to throw away food in an incident that...

11/02/2026

The temperature of freezers in several shops across Europe reportedly rose to as high as 50C.

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Spoilt food thrown away as incident hits retail chains in Belgium, Ireland, Luxembourg and Sweden

11/02/2026

Store managers say they were unable to control freezer temperatures as hot air flooded refrigeration units.

11/02/2026

Cyber hackers have targeted fridges and freezers in supermarkets in several European countries including Ireland – causing temperatures to increase and food to spoil.

11/02/2026

European supermarkets hit by suspected cyberattacks that disrupted fridge and freezer temperatures across Belgium, Sweden, Ireland, Finland and Estonia.

11/02/2026

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.

11/02/2026

STOCKHOLM, Nov 2 (Reuters) - The ⁠temperature ⁠of freezers at ⁠several Swedish grocery stores rose sharply overnight, operators ICA and Coop said ‌on Monday, with at ‌least one store blaming the...