Conflict & Security
European supermarket freezers hit by cyber-attacks as UK reports exploited technology
November 3, 2026 at 02:59 PM
3 reports · over 5 hours
TGThe Guardian
UK meat processing firms’ fridges heat up after cyber-attacks in Europe
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BNBBC News
Europe on alert after supermarket freezers hit by cyber-attacks in nine countries
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BNBBC News
UK also affected by cyber-attack which hit European supermarket fridges
(opens the publisher’s site)Hackers raised temperatures in supermarket freezers across at least nine European countries, prompting EU officials to warn of food-supply-chain disruption and affecting UK firms.
- Hackers raised temperatures in supermarket freezers in nine European countries on Monday, with some reaching as high as 50C (122F).
- The UK's NCSC said it was aware of "a couple of instances" where vulnerable British technology had been exploited and had alerted organisations overnight.
- EU food and agriculture commissioner Christophe Hansen said the bloc was taking the incidents very seriously and warned of further disruption.
- Lupovis CEO Xavier Bellekens said attacks on his firm's fake fridge controls used infrastructure previously linked to Russian-linked operations.