Grocery store freezers in Belgium and Sweden hit by suspected cyber-attack
Dozens of supermarkets in Belgium and Sweden have been hit by a suspected cyber-attack affecting its fridges and freezers.
Round 40 Delhaize supermarkets and 15 Carrefour shops have been affected in Belgium, whereas a number of ICA and Coop outlets in Sweden have been hit. 13 SuperValu outlets have additionally been impacted in Eire.
Hundreds of euros price of meals has needed to be thrown away, based on native media experiences, with one ICA retailer in Sweden saying temperatures for its freezers had been set to 50 C (122F).
It’s not clear who’s behind the assault, which follows an analogous incident final month that affected lots of of French supermarkets.
Delhaize, one in every of Belgium’s greatest grocery store chains, informed Belgian media a “laptop incident” had occurred in a single day at 40 outlets.
Carrefour, a French-owned grocery store, mentioned it was “at present analysing” the incident at 15 of its Belgian shops.
In the meantime, a spokesperson for ICA in Sweden confirmed the incident had affected a “small variety of ICA shops working outdoors ICA’s central community”.
“ICA is at present supporting the affected shops in managing the scenario,” they mentioned.
One of many IVA branches situated in Sjöbo, southern Sweden, wrote on social media: “Our fridges and freezers have been hacked in a single day they usually have set the temperature to 50 levels.”
The shop was closed earlier however has now reopened to prospects.
Seven out of the 800 Coop shops in Sweden are additionally affected however the “scenario is at present contained and beneath management”, the corporate informed the BBC.
