Supermarket refrigeration systems targeted in three European Countries
What happened
Hackers remotely altered the temperatures of refrigeration and freezer systems at supermarkets and shops in several European countries on Monday, with at least 17 businesses hit in the Netherlands.
Danfoss, the refrigeration equipment supplier, said most Dutch victims were butchers and small neighbourhood shops, and that no large Dutch chains were known to be affected.
One frozen-goods warehouse found its temperature had risen from the usual minus 20 to minus 10 degrees, Danfoss told Dutch broadcaster NOS.
According to Danfoss, the affected equipment sat on unprotected networks and used default passwords, and the firm had urged Dutch customers in mid-October to disconnect such systems from the internet.
Supermarkets in Belgium, Luxembourg, Sweden, Estonia and Ireland also reported freezer faults, and Belgian prosecutors opened a criminal investigation, Reuters reported.
Carrefour's Belgian spokesman Mich Vergauwen called it a cyberattack, while Coop's Carlos Cancino, whose chain said six of about 800 Swedish stores were hit, said he had no information pointing to one, according to DW.
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Open on the live globe →Who reported it
- 2026-11-02 10:52 UTCCopenhagen Post · cphpost.dk ↗
- 2026-11-02 13:34 UTCEl Nacional · elnacional.com ↗
- 2026-11-02 13:45 UTCEl Universo · eluniverso.com ↗
- 2026-11-02 14:31 UTCDW · dw.com ↗
- 2026-11-02 14:50 UTCNV · nv.ua ↗
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