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  "id": 17927156,
  "title": "Fridge cyberattack on supermarkets across Europe prompts EU warning",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/fridge-cyberattack-on-supermarkets-across-europe-prompts-eu-warning",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-03T07:18:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Local Germany",
    "slug": "the-local-germany",
    "url": "https://www.thelocal.de/20261103/fridge-cyberattack-on-supermarkets-across-europe-prompts-eu-warning"
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  "summary": "A suspected cyberattack on Monday hit grocery stores across at least nine European countries, targeting refrigeration and freezer systems. Supermarkets in Belgium, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Sweden reported temperature rises that forced retailers to discard spoiled food. In Italy, at least four Coop supermarkets in Sicily and one business in Tuscany were affected, according to media reports and the national cybersecurity agency. Giuseppe Spadaro, head of the Radenza Group, stated the attack targeted remote-control systems for frozen food sections at 4:00 am.\n\nThe EU has warned that these incidents represent a deliberate attempt to disrupt the food supply chain and undermine consumer confidence, according to EU food and agriculture commissioner Christophe Hansen. This event follows a cyberattack three weeks ago that forced hundreds of French outlets to throw away spoiled stock. No one has claimed responsibility for either incident. In Belgium, federal prosecutors have opened an investigation after dozens of stores across several grocery chains reported failures.",
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        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Supermarket fridges in Europe hit by new cyberattack: ‘everything is destroyed’",
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        "title": "Supermarket cyberattacks spread across Europe: Fridges turned up to 50ºC",
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        "title": "Fridge cyberattack hits supermarkets across Europe",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/fridge-cyberattack-hits-supermarkets-across-europe-17823010",
        "published": "2026-11-02T16:10:30.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "Cyberattack on supermarket fridges sweeps across Europe, one month after similar incident in France",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/cyberattack-on-supermarket-fridges-sweeps-across-europe-one-month",
        "published": "2026-11-02T16:36:52.000Z"
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        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "New cyberattack on supermarket fridges sweeps across Europe",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/new-cyberattack-on-supermarket-fridges-sweeps-across-europe",
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        "outlet": "CBC Business",
        "title": "Another cyberattack on supermarket fridges sweeps Europe, leaving food spoiled",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/another-cyberattack-on-supermarket-fridges-sweeps-europe-leaving-food",
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      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Fridge cyberattack hits supermarkets across Europe",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/fridge-cyberattack-hits-supermarkets-across-europe-17846352",
        "published": "2026-11-02T19:19:28.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Local Spain",
        "title": "Fridge cyberattack on supermarkets across Europe prompts EU warning",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/fridge-cyberattack-on-supermarkets-across-europe-prompts-eu-warning-17927882",
        "published": "2026-11-03T07:18:39.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Local France",
        "title": "Fridge cyberattack on supermarkets across Europe prompts EU warning",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/fridge-cyberattack-on-supermarkets-across-europe-prompts-eu-warning-17927910",
        "published": "2026-11-03T07:18:39.000Z"
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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."
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