Supermarket Fridge Hackers Strike Again Across Seven EU Countries

Hackers remotely raised fridge and freezer temperatures, in some cases to 50°C, at supermarkets in seven EU countries overnight on November 1 to 2, 2026, three weeks after a similar attack hit about 700 stores in France. Affected chains include Carrefour, Intermarché, Delhaize, Ikea, ICA, Coop, Kesko, and SuperValu, which pulled chilled and frozen food from 13 stores.

EU Agriculture Commissioner Christophe Hansen called the attacks “a deliberate attempt to disrupt our food supply chain.” No group has claimed responsibility, and it isn’t established whether the incidents are connected. Sophos threat intelligence director Rafe Pilling sees state-backed signaling or a lone hacker as the likeliest explanations.

The attack needed no malware, leaving investigators little to trace. ICA says its systems came from Danfoss, whose end-of-life controllers were hit in France, and Coop says some fridges ran over a more exposed 4G link. Belgian refrigeration firm Sabcobel says patching since the French attack kept the damage from being worse.

Source: The Guardian