European supermarket cooling cyberattacks

Italy's government holds two meetings today with intelligence services and retail chains, Il Messaggero reports.

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Estonia, Luxembourg and Sweden are now among the countries whose supermarkets were hit by the cooling cyberattacks, Keystone-ATS reports.

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Coop stores in Catania and Palermo report refrigeration system hacks, prompting an intelligence meeting at Palazzo Chigi, ANSA reports.

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Freezer temperatures in some supermarkets rose as high as 50C overnight, according to The Guardian.

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At least 15 Carrefour stores in Belgium were hit by the cooling cyberattack, out of more than 700 in the chain, according to AFP and AP as reported by DW.

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Italy's government has convened a meeting of security services and the national cybersecurity agency over the supermarket cooling attacks, ANSA reports.

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A cyberattack disrupted refrigeration at 13 Supervalu supermarkets in Ireland, according to the Irish Times.

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Romania joins the list: six stores of one retail chain report overheated freezers overnight, possibly from a cyberattack, according to g4media.

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Coop operator Radenza says hackers changed cooling settings at at least four Sicilian stores, three in Catania and one in Palermo, according to ANSA.

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Six supermarkets in Sicily report cooling faults, Adnkronos reports, and technicians have not confirmed a hacker is behind them.

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Italy's cybersecurity agency ACN says two Italian firms, a Tuscan catering company and an Emilian frozen-food maker, were hit by cooling-system cyberattacks.

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A manufacturer says at least 17 installations in the Netherlands were hit, according to the Dutch newspaper NRC.

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A Delhaize branch in Hoeilaart, near Brussels, estimates the cost of spoiled stock at more than €100,000, the BBC reports.

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Belgium's federal prosecutor's office opens a criminal investigation into the supermarket cooling cyberattack, according to VRT. Minister Quintin says there is no supply problem.

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EU Commissioner Christophe Hansen calls the supermarket freezer attacks a deliberate attempt to disrupt Europe's food supply chain.

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Belgium counts at least 76 hit stores, De Morgen reports, about 40 of them Delhaize outlets that the chain calls an IT incident.

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Finland is added to the countries hit, bringing the total to seven, Le Temps reports. EU Commissioner Christophe Hansen calls on Europe to take the supply-chain threat seriously.

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Portugal's Grupo Mosqueteiros confirms seven Intermarché stores in Portugal were hit, with the attack targeting an external refrigeration service provider.

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Refrigeration systems at dozens of supermarkets across six European nations face disruptions from a suspected cyberattack, according to Danish cooling technology firm Danfoss.

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