Supermarket fridge hacks spoil food in four more European countries
Original title: A fresh wave of cyberattacks has hit Europe’s supermarket refrigerators, destroying food across countries
Ahold Delhaize and Colruyt confirmed settings were switched to defrost after similar spoilage at French stores last month.
Stores in Belgium, Ireland, Luxembourg and Sweden reported refrigerators warming and food thrown out. Researchers attribute the hacks to internet-connected Danfoss units that no longer receive security updates; Claroty warned in August of remote hack and outage risk. A separate report says U.S. defense officials are examining freezer units on military bases.
Unconfirmed: The latest wave is only suspected, and reported Iran-linked probes of military freezers are not tied to these stores.
- Dozens of stores were affected in the latest wave.
- A Belgian operator of Delhaize systems said hackers set units to defrost.
- Earlier attacks in France spoiled food at hundreds of supermarkets.
- Danish maker Danfoss had stopped security updates for the units.
Impact: raised fridge temperatures and spoiled store food
| Product | Affected |
|---|---|
| Danfoss internet-connected refrigerators | — |
- Vendors
- Danfoss
- Products
- internet-connected refrigerators
- Victims
- Ahold DelhaizeColruyt
- Organizations
- Claroty
- Countries
- BelgiumIrelandLuxembourgSwedenFrance
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This is the second wave of cyberattacks to hit supermarket refrigerators in a month, spoiling food and disrupting supplies.
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