Cyberattacks Target Supermarket Freezers Across Europe, Causing Major Food Losses

11/03/2026

A cyberattack targeting supermarket refrigeration systems across Europe hit stores in Sweden, Belgium and Luxembourg, raising freezer temperatures and forcing retailers to discard food stocks.

11/03/2026

A wave of disruptions at grocery stores, which some officials blame on cyberattacks, highlights the vulnerability of supply chains. Shops across Europe were affected again on Monday.

11/02/2026

The food-spoiling incidents follow attackers taking control of refrigeration systems in France last month.

11/02/2026

Store fridges in Belgium, Sweden and Luxembourg overheated, prompting comparisons with recent incidents in France Dozens of supermarkets in Belgium, Sweden, Luxembourg, Ireland and Estonia...

11/02/2026

The incidents caused temperature spikes and spoiled food at stores in Sweden, the Netherlands, Belgium, Ireland, Luxembourg and Estonia. It follows a similar cyberattack in France last month.

11/02/2026

A suspected cyberattack hit grocery stores across at least nine European countries on Monday, prompting the EU to warn of a deliberate attempt to disrupt the bloc’s food supply chain. Supermarkets...

11/02/2026

Dozens of supermarkets in seven European countries dumped huge quantities of food after refrigerators and freezers were targeted in a cyber-attack.

11/02/2026

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

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.