Cyber attacks on supermarkets in 7 countries of Europe: Increased fridge-freezer temperature to 70°C; Thousands of kilograms of food spoiled in many countries

There has been a cyber attack on the fridges and freezers of supermarkets in 7 countries of Europe. Hackers infiltrated the online system and raised the temperature of the fridge. Due to this, milk, meat and other food items kept in the shops were spoiled. Such cases have come to light in Belgium, Sweden, the Netherlands, Estonia, Luxembourg, Finland and Ireland. In Belgium, the temperature of the fridges of some stores reached 70 degrees Celsius. According to the Euronews report, these attacks took place between Sunday night and Monday morning. Earlier on October 12, hundreds of supermarkets in France were also attacked in a similar way. Goods worth millions of euros were damaged in Belgium The temperature of the fridges of several supermarkets in Belgium reached 70 degrees. As a result, food kept in the shops spoiled and items worth millions of euros had to be thrown. According to the Belgian newspaper 'Le Soir', about 40 stores of Dalhayes, 15 of Carrefour, 15 of Intermarche and 5 stores of Spar were affected. The fridge systems of a meat company and an Ikea store near the city of Mons were also affected. Belgium's cyber security center confirmed the attack. A spokesperson for Delhays said that a flaw was found in the fridge systems of several stores. The company immediately took the necessary steps to keep the stores open. Carrefour also confirmed the cyber attack, but said the damage was not excessive. Fridges shut down in 13 stores in Ireland The fridge systems of 13 of Ireland's supermarket chain SuperValue had 223 stores attacked. The company removed cold and frozen foods kept in the fridge from sale. Stores in the ICA and Coop supermarkets in Sweden were also affected. The temperature of the freezer rose rapidly there at night. The manager of an ICA store in Stockholm said the attack happened at around 2 am. It was reported at 5:30 am. By then, the temperature of all the freezers in the store had reached 50 degrees Celsius and the goods kept in it were spoiled. According to the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet, the same thing happened in 6 stores of the coop. The country's cyber security agency is investigating these matters. Attack on the system of 17 companies in the Netherlands A store of a silver supermarket in Estonia was affected. The temperature of the fridge there reached 50 degrees Celsius. In the Netherlands, the fridges and freezers of at least 17 companies were targeted. However, the names of these companies have not been disclosed. In Luxembourg, Dalhayes shut down its order system as a precautionary measure. According to Finnish media, some K-Group supermarkets there were also affected. The temperature was raised by putting the fridge in defrost mode. According to Stefan Moelans, CEO of the Belgian company Subcobel, the attack was similar to the previous attack in France. The hackers put the cooling unit of the fridge into defrost mode. In this mode, the cooling stops to melt the ice of the fridge. This caused the temperature to rise. Moelance said that this flaw cannot be fixed by software update alone. For this, some changes will also have to be made in the fridge system. No hacker group has claimed responsibility Nowadays, the fridges and freezers of supermarkets can be controlled remotely through the internet. Due to this, if it malfunctions or is hacked, the entire merchandise of the shops can be spoiled. A spokesperson for the European Commission said that these incidents make it clear that cyber attacks can have an impact not only on companies, but also on the daily lives of ordinary people. No hacker group has currently claimed responsibility for these attacks. It is also not known who was behind last month's attacks in France.