Supermarket freezers in Belgium, Sweden and Luxembourg hit by suspected cyber-attack
Dozens of supermarkets in Belgium and Sweden have been hit by a suspected cyber-attack affecting its refrigerators and freezers.
TL;DR
- Dozens of supermarkets in Belgium, Sweden, and Ireland have been affected by a suspected cyber-attack.
- The attack targeted refrigerators and freezers, leading to massive food spoilage.
- Delhaize (Belgium/Luxembourg), ICA and Coop (Sweden), and SuperValu (Ireland) have reported impacts.
- One ICA store in Sweden reported freezers being set to 50 C (122 F).
- Delhaize reported a loss of €100,000 at one branch, not including closure losses.
- Carrefour (Belgium) stated only 15 of its stores were affected and remained open.
- National cyber-security agencies in Belgium and Sweden are monitoring the incident.
- This follows a similar cyber-attack that affected hundreds of French supermarkets last month.