Chains in Sweden, Belgium and Luxembourg say fridge temperatures rose overnight, similar to hack of French stores

Supermarket chains in Sweden, Belgium and Luxembourg have said the temperatures of their refrigerators and freezers in dozens of stores rose overnight, prompting fears of a cyber-attack similar to one that caused millions of euros of food losses in France.

Sweden’s Coop chain told the daily Aftonbladet on Monday that six of ​its stores ‌had been ​affected, while ICA said it was “aware that a limited ​number of stores were affected by an incident overnight which impacted their refrigeration and freezer systems”.

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[–] 18 points 1 week ago

It could be a copycat or even just a bored kid seeing what they can do. If the first attack was successful but none of the rest of the vulnerable systems were patched, further attacks are inevitable. The pattern is just that known exploits will be exploited given enough time and bad actors.

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