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Supermarket Freezers Across Europe Hit With Another Cyberattack

The refrigerations systems were cranked up to 122 degrees Fahrenheit in at least half a dozen countries.

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Nov 2, 2026·Excerpt

Supermarket Freezers Across Europe Hit With Another Cyberattack — Image: Employees empty freezers to load shopping carts with frozen goods that have to be thrown away at ICA Kvantum supermarket in Sjoebo, Sweden on November 2, 2026 after a hacker attack raised the temperature in the freezers to 50 degrees Celsius. © Photo by Johan NILSSON / TT NEWS AGENCY / AFP via Getty

Supermarket refrigerators and freezers in at least half a dozen European countries were hit with a cyberattack on Monday, following on the heels of similar attacks in France last month and U.S. military bases over the summer.

Stores in Ireland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Sweden, the Netherlands, Finland, and Estonia saw their refrigerators and freezers heated to as high as 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit)…

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