Coordinated cyber-attacks on remotely managed supermarket refrigeration systems disrupted food cold chains across at least 10 European countries (Belgium, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Germany and Sweden), forcing mass disposal of frozen and chilled products and triggering EU-level concern over potential government-backed hybrid operations against food supply infrastructure. Temperatures in some affected freezers reportedly rose to around 50C, with prior similar attacks having already impacted roughly 700 French grocery stores and caused food losses worth tens of millions of euros. National authorities, cyber-security agencies and EU officials are investigating, while retailers and governments highlight legacy, internet-exposed control interfaces and inadequate authentication at some sites as key vulnerabilities.

Coordinated cyber-attacks on remotely managed supermarket refrigeration systems disrupted food cold chains across at least 10 European countries (Belgium, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Germany and Sweden), forcing mass disposal of frozen and chilled products and triggering EU-level concern over potential government-backed hybrid operations against food supply infrastructure. Temperatures in some affected freezers reportedly rose to around 50C, with prior similar attacks having already impacted roughly 700 French grocery stores and caused food losses worth tens of millions of euros. National authorities, cyber-security agencies and EU officials are investigating, while retailers and governments highlight legacy, internet-exposed control interfaces and inadequate authentication at some sites as key vulnerabilities.