Hackers disrupt refrigeration at ICA and Coop stores in Sweden
Original title: Hackers Target Supermarket Refrigeration Systems Across Sweden, Raising Freezer Temperatures to 55°C
A freezer hit 55°C and stock was destroyed; Sweden’s cyber centre is helping, with no vulnerability or actor named.
Refrigeration failures at several ICA and Coop supermarkets in Sweden destroyed food and forced temporary closures. ICA says the affected systems were connected independently of its central network. Sweden’s National Cybersecurity Centre, part of FRA, is supporting the stores. The Swedish report names no exploited vulnerability, malware, controller model, or threat actor, and links to similar French and Estonian incidents are unconfirmed.
Unconfirmed: Initial access, any shared supplier, and links to French or Estonian incidents are unconfirmed.
- ICA Nära in Böda reported a freezer at 55°C and pooling water.
- Affected areas include Skåne, Öland, Värmland, and reportedly Stockholm.
- SVT said six Coop stores in Gästrikland and Hälsingland were disrupted.
- An ICA store in Sjöbo closed temporarily while spoiled goods were discarded.
- No evidence ties separate Copeland controller research to these incidents.
Impact: Spoiled food and temporary supermarket closures
- 1.Restrict management access to internet-exposed refrigeration controls.
- 2.Enforce multifactor authentication and segment control networks.
- 3.Monitor configuration changes and use independent temperature alarms.
- Organizations
- National Cybersecurity CentreFRA
- Countries
- Sweden
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Hackers have disrupted refrigeration systems at several ICA and Coop supermarkets across Sweden, destroying food and prompting temporary closures. One store manager reported finding a freezer at 55°C, which highlights the physical consequences of attacks on connected retail equipment. The disruption follows attacks against French supermarket refrigeration systems, which similarly damaged chilled and frozen stock.
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