Widespread Cyberattacks Compromise Supermarket Freezers Across Europe, Raising Food Safety Concerns

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.

11/03/2026

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

11/02/2026

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

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

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

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

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.

11/02/2026

Cyberattacks affecting supermarket refrigeration systems on Monday in several European countries – including Belgium, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Sweden – have...

11/03/2026

Refrigeration systems at dozens of supermarkets across Europe were targeted, forcing retailers to discard frozen food after freezer temperatures rose to 50 degrees Celsius

11/02/2026

Supermarkets across Europe reported cyberattacks that raised refrigeration temperatures, disrupted operations and spoiled food, with authorities investigating the incidents

11/02/2026

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...

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

Ireland's third-largest supermarket chain, SuperValu, confirmed that refrigeration systems in 13 of its 223 stores had been affected by a cyber incident.

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

Dozens of shops across European countries have been hit by a cyber-attack affecting their fridges.