Belgium and Sweden: Apparently cyber attacks on supermarkets in Europe again - up to 50 degrees in the refrigerator

In Belgium, supermarkets from Delhaize, Carrefour and Spar, among others, are affected. Belga, citing the cooling technology service provider Sabcobel, reports that around twenty systems have been affected so far.

As things stand, the extent of the attack in Belgium is significantly lower than that of a similar attack in France in the middle of last month. Around 150 shops there were affected.

According to Sabcobel, the systems were put into defrost mode remotely. "We started mobilizing technicians from 1 a.m. this night to bring the situation under control," Sabcobel CEO Stephan Moelans told the Belga news agency.

Sweden also affected

Supermarkets in Sweden also reported a sudden increase in temperature in the cooling systems. "We are aware that a limited number of stores were affected by an incident overnight that affected the stores' refrigeration and freezing systems," said the press officer of the supermarket group ICA to the Swedish news agency TT. He did not want to say how many stores were involved.