Kremlin denies role in cyberattacks on European refrigeration systems

Cyberattacks have disrupted cooling systems in supermarkets across at least nine European countries and in French blood-storage facilities, prompting a Kremlin denial of involvement.

• Attacks raised temperatures inside supermarket refrigerators in at least nine European countries, forcing stores to discard food worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
• A cyberattack targeted cold-storage rooms in three facilities of the French Blood Establishment, which confirmed no products were lost.
• Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov dismissed the accusations as "absurd," saying they rest on no evidence, in remarks carried by Russian state media.
• The European Union warned of a possible deliberate attempt to disrupt food supplies in Europe.