Hackers turn up supermarket freezers across Europe and force stores to dump food
Retailers in at least five countries reported refrigeration incidents on November 2nd, with stores discarding food.
By Ryan Merket · Published
Primary source: Reuters via Devdiscourse
Why it matters
The attack turned a routine store system into a direct inventory loss. Some affected refrigeration units used Danfoss technology that Claroty had warned in August was at risk of remote hacks and outages.
Supermarkets in Sweden, Belgium, Luxembourg, Estonia and Ireland reported refrigeration failures after attackers apparently tampered with connected controls, forcing some stores to discard food. The recording covers reported store counts and the Danfoss technology overlap, along with Claroty’s earlier warning about remote hacks. Investigators had not identified a perpetrator or established that all incidents shared one vulnerability or were linked to the earlier French attack.
Supermarkets in Sweden, Belgium, Luxembourg, Estonia and Ireland reported refrigeration failures on Monday, November 2nd, after attackers apparently tampered with internet-connected fridge and freezer controls, forcing stores to throw away spoiled food. The incidents were first amplified in a thread on X by WarMonitor (@WarMonitor3), which described a massive Europe-wide attack. Independent reporting supports a multi-country incident, but it does not support the claim that supermarkets across the whole continent were hit at once.…
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