{"id":6605,"date":"2026-11-02T14:15:48","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T14:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/02\/supermarket-freezers-in-4-european-countries-hit-by-apparent-cyberattack-national-globalnews-ca\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T14:15:48","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T14:15:48","slug":"supermarket-freezers-in-4-european-countries-hit-by-apparent-cyberattack-national-globalnews-ca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/02\/supermarket-freezers-in-4-european-countries-hit-by-apparent-cyberattack-national-globalnews-ca\/","title":{"rendered":"Supermarket freezers in 4 European countries hit by apparent cyberattack &#8211; National | Globalnews.ca"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpe_imgrss\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Supermarket-freezers-in-4-European-countries-hit-by-apparent-cyberattack-National-Globalnews.ca_.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Supermarkets in Sweden, Belgium, Luxembourg and Estonia were hit Monday by problems with freezers and fridges that apparently were caused by <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/cyberattacks\">cyberattacks<\/a>, forcing some to dispose of ruined food.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\" alt=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The problems follow a case last month in which attackers remotely took control of refrigeration systems in hundreds of supermarkets and independent stores across France, sending temperatures soaring.<\/p>\n<p>In Sweden, ICA Group supermarket chain spokesperson Gustaf Nilsson told news agency TT that \u201ca limited number\u201d of stores were affected overnight by an incident that affected refrigeration and freezing systems. He declined to give a specific number.<\/p>\n<p>The ICA Kvantum branch in Sj\u00f6bo in southern Sweden wrote on its Facebook page that its fridges and freezers had been hacked and set to 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit). It said it was working to discard the affected items.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\" readability=\"5.2635379061372\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Supermarket-freezers-in-4-European-countries-hit-by-apparent-cyberattack-National-Globalnews.ca_.jpg\" alt=\"Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you'll never miss the day's top stories.\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\" readability=\"29.388086642599\">\n<h2 class=\"c-inlineSignup__title\">Get daily National news<\/h2>\n<p>Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you&#8217;ll never miss the day&#8217;s top stories.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Coop chain said that six of its stores in central Sweden had problems with their fridges and freezers, TT reported, though it didn\u2019t immediately have 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Our distribution centers are operating normally, and there has been no disruption to deliveries to our stores,\u201d spokesperson Sarah De Meester said.<\/p>\n<p>The Carrefour supermarket chain in Belgium said a \u201ccyberattack targeting refrigeration installations only had an extremely limited impact,\u201d affecting 15 of its more than 700 stores.<\/p>\n<p>In Estonia, a company that makes the affected technology said that one of its clients had been hit by a cyberattack in which attackers accessed a computer controlling refrigeration and turned up the temperature to 50 degrees Celsius, public broadcaster ERR reported.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\" readability=\"32\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Jann Mutso, the CEO of Kitman Coldtech, declined to say which store\u2019s cooling system had been affected but said that the attack was responded to within minutes and there was no significant damage. The Selver chain said one of its outlets was affected.<\/p>\n<p>The cyberattacks in France appeared to target old systems.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"32\">\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2026 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">: World<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supermarkets in Sweden, Belgium, Luxembourg and Estonia were hit Monday by problems with freezers and fridges that apparently were caused by cyberattacks, forcing some to dispose of ruined food. 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