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CYBERATTACKS DISRUPT EUROPEAN SUPERMARKET REFRIGERATION

November 2, 2026

Supermarket refrigeration aisle; generic file photograph, not an affected store.
Supermarket refrigeration aisle; generic file photograph, not an affected store.

STOCKHOLM — European supermarkets reported disruptions to refrigeration systems Monday in apparent cyberattacks that forced stores to discard food.

Affected retailers included operations in Sweden, Belgium and Luxembourg. The incidents followed similar refrigeration-system attacks in France last month.

Authorities were investigating, and responsibility had not been established. The available reporting did not demonstrate that one group carried out all the incidents.

The damage illustrates how remotely controlled equipment can create risks beyond stolen data, threatening physical supplies when temperature controls are manipulated.