Reuters: 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 echoed a similar attack in France last month.
The attack, which raised temperatures in refrigerator and freezer units at dozens of stores, hit supermarket groups Ahold Delhaize and Colruyt in Belgium and Luxembourg, as well as Swedish grocers ICA and Coop. Furniture-to-meatballs retailer IKEA also saw at least one store affected…
Britain on alert as hackers shut down supermarket fridges across Europe
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), part of spy agency GCHQ, said it was working with retailers to guard against the digital threat following attacks that caused widespread damage…
Who is hacking Europe’s supermarket fridges and freezers, and why?