Supermarket fridges in Sweden, Ireland overheat amid suspected cyberattacks

Temperature increases have been reported in dozens of store cooling systems, weeks after a similar attack in France.Published On 2 Nov 20262 Nov 2026Suspected cyberattacks have triggered rising temperatures in grocery store refrigeration systems in a growing number of countries across Europe.Overnight temperature spikes were recorded at stores in Sweden, Ireland, Belgium, Luxembourg and Estonia, as retailers and authorities on Monday pointed to alleged cyberattacks that underscored the vulnerability of systems that once largely operated mechanically.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Hundreds of supermarkets in France hit by ‘unprecedented’ cyberattacklist 2 of 4How Israeli firm’s ‘zero-click’ malware attack poses global security risklist 3 of 4Cyberattack on French supermarkets causes fires, millions in losseslist 4 of 4Experts defer to AI in decision-making, Anthropic study findsend of listThe head of ⁠Sweden’s national cybersecurity centre, John Billow, confirmed on Monday to the Reuters news agency that the centre ⁠is responding to ⁠multiple incidents affecting store cooling systems.“We have in recent weeks … identified that we have quite a lot of exposed operational...