Hackers have once again targeted supermarket fridges and freezers in Europe, this time hitting stores in Sweden, Belgium, Luxembourg, Ireland and Estonia.
According to the Associated Press, supermarkets in those countries reported issues they believed stemmed from a series of cyberattacks on November 2. One store in southern Sweden reported that their fridges and freezers had been hacked and set to 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit). A separate chain in central Sweden reported problems at six of its stores, while another reported issues with its refrigeration systems across several dozen of its stores in Belgium and Luxembourg.
A refrigeration technology company in Estonia also reported that hackers had accessed a computer controlling a client's refrigeration system and raised the temperature to 50 degrees Celsius. In Ireland, systems for more than a dozen SuperValu stores were hit as well, with parent company Musgrave Group reporting that chilled and frozen products were later removed from sale as a precaution.
This comes weeks after similar cyber-attacks against refrigeration systems for several grocery chains in France, with up to 700 stores flagging issues. Hackers at the time were said to have targeted fridge and freezer controllers supplied by Danish company Danfoss, which are connected to the internet to allow for remote maintenance and alerts for system failures. In August, hackers also targeted fridges and freezers at a dozen military commissaries in the U.S.
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