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Cyberattack disables supermarket fridges across Europe
Original: 'Unprecedented' Cyberattack cripples supermarket fridges across Europe as hackers activate automatic defrosting — delive
A large-scale cyberattack has hit supermarkets across Europe, remotely triggering automatic defrosting on refrigeration units and disabling them. The disruption is reported to have affected food deliveries and contributed to price changes in affected stores. Commenters are calling the attack unprecedented in scale and method, noting that targeting everyday retail infrastructure rather than corporate data marks a shift in cybercrime tactics.
Why now: The attack's unusual target — supermarket refrigeration rather than data or payment systems — has sparked widespread concern about critical infrastructure vulnerability.
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