UK also affected by supermarket fridge hacks, cyber chief says
Source: BBC ·
Supermarkets in countries including Ireland, Sweden and Belgium reported fridges being hiked in temperature on Monday.
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Sweden was among countries to report a cyber incident in which some supermarket fridge units had been hiked up in temperature After hackers targeted refrigeration systems in supermarkets and food suppliers across Europe, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) says it is aware of "a couple of instances where vulnerable technology had been exploited in the UK". The NCSC's chief executive Dr Richard Horne told the Today programme, on BBC Radio Four, that it had "worked through the night" to alert potentially affected organisations in the UK. He said it had alerted "handfuls" of bodies, and that it was aware of a "couple of impacts". It comes after supermarkets in countries including Ireland, Sweden, Estonia, and Belgium reported fridges being hiked in temperature on Monday. The events followed attacks targeting supermarkets and food suppliers across France in early October. Fridges in French supermarkets hit by cyber attack Hundreds of stores were targeted by the overnight hack,…
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