{
  "id": 17779812,
  "title": "Albert Heijn sister chain hit as fridge hacks spread in Europe",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/albert-heijn-sister-chain-hit-as-fridge-hacks-spread-in-europe",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-02T10:06:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "DutchNews",
    "slug": "dutchnews",
    "url": "https://www.dutchnews.nl/2026/11/albert-heijn-sister-chain-hit-as-fridge-hacks-spread-in-europe/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Hackers were able to infiltrate refrigeration systems at multiple store locations across Belgium, Luxembourg, Sweden, and France overnight, causing temperatures to rise in fridges and freezers. At least 40 branches of Delhaize's sister chain Albert Heijn were impacted, weeks after a similar attack hit hundreds of French supermarkets. Delhaize called it an \"IT incident\" and disconnected the refrigeration systems from the internet. Some store managers responded by bringing in refrigerated trucks to save their stock. Swedish supermarkets Ica and Coop reported a limited number of affected stores, with one Ica store setting its fridges and freezers to 50°. In France, the October 11 attack raised temperatures to 50° in hundreds of supermarkets using equipment from Danish manufacturer Danfoss, which noted most systems were outdated. The connection between the October attack and Monday's incident remains unclear.",
  "summary": "Hackers managed to tamper with fridges and freezers at supermarkets in Belgium, Luxembourg and Sweden overnight, including at least 40...",
  "key_points": [],
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Business Insider",
        "title": "Europe hit by another wave of grocery store freezer hacks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/europe-hit-by-another-wave-of-grocery-store-freezer-hacks",
        "published": "2026-11-02T11:33:08.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Record",
        "title": "Second wave of suspected cyberattacks hits supermarket freezers across Europe",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/second-wave-of-suspected-cyberattacks-hits-supermarket-freezers",
        "published": "2026-11-02T13:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}