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'All this food is now useless': Piles of rubbish after shop freezers hit by cyber-attack

The National Cyber Security Centre said it is working with the firms affected and that the national impact is ‘minimal’.

First reported by The Guardian Latest report 5 sources
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  1. The Guardian

    Shop fridges and freezers across Europe hit by fresh suspected cyber-attack (opens The Guardian in a new tab)

    Chains in seven countries say cooling unit temperatures rose overnight in incident similar to hack of French shops Who is hacking Europe’s supermarket fridges and freezers, and why? Supermarket chains in at least seven European countries have said the…

  2. BBC News

    'All this food is now useless': Piles of rubbish after shop freezers hit by cyber-attack (opens BBC News in a new tab)

    Dozens of supermarkets in seven European countries dumped huge quantities of food after refrigerators and freezers were targeted in a cyber-attack.

  3. BBC News

    Shop freezers in seven European countries hit by cyber-attack (opens BBC News in a new tab)

    The temperature of freezers in several shops across Europe reportedly rose to as high as 50C.

  4. Sky News

    Cyber attacks affect UK meat processing industry, top security official says (opens Sky News in a new tab)

    Cyber attacks have affected the UK meat processing industry, a top security official has said in the wake of hacks that hit supermarkets across Europe.

  5. BBC News

    UK meat industry hit by cyber-attack which targeted European supermarket freezers (opens BBC News in a new tab)

    Supermarkets in countries including Ireland, Sweden and Belgium reported fridges being hiked in temperature on Monday.

  6. The Independent

    UK meat processing firms hit amid fridge and freezer cyber attacks (opens The Independent in a new tab)

    It has emerged that the cyber attack on French supermarket fridges involved legacy technology connected to internet with default passwords.

  7. Evening Standard

    UK meat processing firms hit amid fridge and freezer cyber attacks (opens Evening Standard in a new tab)

    It has emerged that the cyber attack on French supermarket fridges involved legacy technology connected to internet with default passwords.

  8. The Guardian

    Food suppliers in UK hit by cyber-attacks after freezers targeted in Europe (opens The Guardian in a new tab)

    Cybersecurity experts say national impact ‘minimal’ but incidents may represent the ‘foothills’ of a wider threat Food suppliers in the UK have been hit by cyber-attacks after hackers raised the temperatures of supermarket freezers across Europe. The UK’s…

  9. The Independent

    UK meat suppliers’ fridges heat up after cyber attacks hit Europe (opens The Independent in a new tab)

    The National Cyber Security Centre said it is working with the firms affected and that the national impact is ‘minimal’.

  10. Evening Standard

    UK meat suppliers’ fridges heat up after cyber attacks hit Europe (opens Evening Standard in a new tab)

    The National Cyber Security Centre said it is working with the firms affected and that the national impact is ‘minimal’.