Lebensmittel: Supermärkte melden mutmaßliche Cyberattacke auf Kühlschränke
In mehreren europäischen Ländern wurden erneut die Temperaturen in Kühlanlagen manipuliert. Zuletzt hatten sich Angriffe dieser Art gehäuft.
Severe temperature spikes abruptly hit refrigeration units in coolers and freezers in several Swedish, Belgian, and Luxembourg supermarket chains overnight last Monday. At least one affected store in Sweden traced the cause to a cyberattack. Dutch retail conglomerate Ahold Delhaize announced a "IT malfunction" that impacted cooling systems in dozens of its supermarkets across Belgium and Luxembourg.
The company's spokesperson, Sarah De Meester, said the incidents were under investigation. Ahold Delhaize had reported a cyberattack to Dutch police the previous month. Sweden's ICA and Coop chains were among those impacted. A Swedish supermarket announced on social media that the temperature in its coolers and freezers had been set to about ten degrees Celsius (50 degrees Fahrenheit) higher than usual.
Multiple ICA stores were reportedly affected, according to an email from the company. Coop stated, based on a statement from the newspaper Aftonbladet, that six of its stores had been impacted. This incident mirrors a large-scale attack in France the previous month, where hackers gained control over the refrigeration units of hundreds of supermarkets, leading to spoiled food and fires. A French supermarket chain chief described the attack as "unprecedented."
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