Over 100 European Stores Hit as Supermarket Fridge Attacks Return
More than 100 stores in several European countries saw their fridges and freezers heat up overnight from Sunday to Monday, and several retailers have blamed a cyberattack. The incidents closely resemble the attacks that disrupted European supermarkets three weeks ago.
The affected businesses, ranging from major chains to small butcher shops, are in Belgium, Estonia, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Sweden. Some units were set as high as 50°C (122°F), and problems have also been reported in Finland, Italy and Portugal.
Nobody has taken responsibility for the attacks. Investigators have not established whether the two waves are connected.
The first wave hit France overnight from October 11 to 12. Around 700 supermarkets had their refrigeration units forced into defrost mode, including Intermarché, Carrefour, Coopérative U and Monoprix stores. Food was spoiled, and the attacks reportedly caused fires.
CERT-FR, the incident response team of France’s cybersecurity agency ANSSI, initially linked...
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