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Supermarket freezers in Sweden and Belgium hit by suspected cyber-attack

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Covered by 7 outlets. No right-leaning outlet that Mantle follows has covered it yet.

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Supermarket chains in Sweden and Belgium report overnight rises in the temperature of refrigeration and freezer systems in some stores, and the cause is suspected to be a cyberattack. Coop, a Swedish chain, told Business Insider that unauthorized actors were able to access and tamper with cooling systems at seven of its more than 800 stores. The manager of an ICA store told TV4 that its freezers had been set to 50 degrees Celsius and that staff could not adjust them. The incidents come weeks after a cyberattack on fridges and freezers in France.

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Overnight, refrigeration and freezer temperatures rose at supermarket stores in Sweden and Belgium, with the cause suspected to be hacking.
Across the spectrumReported byLeft2Center2See the outletsHide the outlets
Left
The Guardian, Business Insider
Center
Financial Times, BBC News
Coop said unauthorized actors were able to access and tamper with cooling systems at seven of its more than 800 stores.
One outletBusiness Insider· Left
The incidents come weeks after a cyberattack on fridges and freezers in France that caused food to be thrown away.
Reported byLeft2Center1See the outletsHide the outlets
Left
The Guardian, Business Insider
Center
Financial Times
The manager of an ICA store told TV4 that its freezers had been set to 50 degrees Celsius and that staff could not adjust the temperature.
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Left
Business Insider
Center
BBC News

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All four outlets report overnight temperature rises in supermarket fridges and freezers in Sweden and Belgium, and describe the cause as suspected cyber-attacks. The left outlets stress that this follows the French attack as a second wave, while the center outlets lead with timing or location.

the left
4 outlets
Left outlets present the incidents as a second or another wave of suspected hacks, linking them to the French cyberattack.
Supermarket freezers across Europe hit by second suspected cyber-attack
The GuardianLeftAll left-leaning headlines
the center
3 outlets
Center outlets lead with the locations and the suspected cause; the FT stresses the timing, coming just weeks after the French attack.
Supermarket freezers in Belgium and Sweden hit by suspected cyber-attack
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the right
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From the left

4 outlets

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second wave of incidents
link to the French cyberattack
fears of a cyber-attack

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CBS NewsLeft
More European grocery stores hit by apparent fridge-freezer hacks
Grocery chains in European nations say temperatures in some stores' fridges and freezers soared over 100 degrees just weeks after a similar incident in France.
42 min agoRead at CBS News (opens in a new tab)
Al Jazeera EnglishLeft
Freezers in Sweden, Belgium overheat following possible cyberattacks
Temperature increases have been reported in dozens of store cooling systems, weeks after a similar attack in France.
1 hr agoRead at Al Jazeera English (opens in a new tab)
Business InsiderLeft
Europe hit by another wave of suspected grocery store freezer hacks
The new incidents come weeks after a cyberattack on fridges and freezers in France that forced supermarkets to throw away food.
1 hr agoRead at Business Insider (opens in a new tab)
The GuardianLeft
Supermarket freezers across Europe hit by second suspected cyber-attack
Chains in Sweden, Belgium and Luxembourg said fridge temperatures rose overnight, similar to hack that hit French stores in October Supermarket chains in Sweden, Belgium and Luxembourg have said the temperatures of their refrigerators and freezers in dozens of stores rose …
2 hr agoRead at The Guardian (opens in a new tab)

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3 outlets

Leads with

store locations in Sweden and Belgium
timing after the French attack
suspected cause and 50 C store setting

Leaves out

food losses in France
Coop's statement that unauthorized actors tampered with cooling systems

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BBC NewsCenter
Supermarket freezers in Belgium and Sweden hit by suspected cyber-attack
One store in Sweden says temperatures for its freezers were set to 50 C (122F).
2 hr agoRead at BBC News (opens in a new tab)
Sky NewsCenter
Hackers target refrigerators in new cyber attacks
Cyber hackers have targeted fridges and freezers in supermarkets in several European countries including Ireland – causing temperatures to increase and food to spoil.
2 hr agoRead at Sky News (opens in a new tab)
Financial TimesCenter
European supermarket freezers hit just weeks after French cyber attack
Retailers in Sweden and Belgium report overheating to as high as 55C in dozens of stores
3 hr agoRead at Financial Times (opens in a new tab)

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Left
1 hr 23 min later
Its first report, Nov 2, 6:12 AM EST
Center
First to report
Financial Times, Nov 2, 4:49 AM EST
Right
No report yet
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Financial TimesCenterNov 2, 4:49 AM EST
Sky NewsCenterNov 2, 5:39 AM EST
The GuardianLeftNov 2, 6:12 AM EST
BBC NewsCenterNov 2, 6:25 AM EST
Business InsiderLeftNov 2, 6:33 AM EST
Al Jazeera EnglishLeftNov 2, 7:08 AM EST
CBS NewsLeftNov 2, 7:45 AM EST

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Supermarket freezers in Sweden and Belgium hit by suspected cyber-attack

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From the left

More European grocery stores hit by apparent fridge-freezer hacks

Freezers in Sweden, Belgium overheat following possible cyberattacks

Europe hit by another wave of suspected grocery store freezer hacks

Supermarket freezers across Europe hit by second suspected cyber-attack

From the center

Supermarket freezers in Belgium and Sweden hit by suspected cyber-attack

Hackers target refrigerators in new cyber attacks

European supermarket freezers hit just weeks after French cyber attack

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