New fridge cyberattack hits Belgium stores
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Dozens of Belgian grocery stores and an Ikea superstore saw their refrigerator temperatures soar on Monday, with several of the firms involved confirming they had been hit by a cyberattack.
It is the latest in a series of cyberattacks on store refrigerators and suspicious actions around the supermarkets across Europe.
A handful of Swedish supermarkets saw temperatures in their refrigerators and freezers soar early Monday, Swedish chains Ica and Coop said without giving a cause. Major French retailers said on October 12 that hundreds of store refrigeration systems were hit by a cyberattack, which forced them to throw out spoiled food and raised food security fears.
