A 'Serious' Supermarket Freezer Cyberattack Also Hit The UK, Says Expert

Security experts say they “worked through the night” after suspected attacks, which left hot air blowing onto chilled food in other countries.

Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today show, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)’s chief executive, Dr Richard Horne, shared that the NCSC is “aware of a couple of instances where vulnerable technology had been exploited in the UK”, possibly changing businesses’ food cooling settings.

He added that the group “worked through the night” to alert impacted companies.

This comes after a cyber attack hit supermarket fridges and freezers across Europe on Monday, 2 November.

The malicious hacks affected Belgium, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Sweden. Multiple organisations have confirmed that their online systems were hijacked.

As a result, millions of euros worth of food was reportedly “ruined”.

Christophe Hansen, the European Commissioner........

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