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NEW World · 12:30
Supermarket fridges and freezers sabotaged overnight in Sweden and Belgium in suspected cyberattack
Refrigeration systems at dozens of supermarkets in Sweden and Belgium were disrupted overnight into Monday, 2 November. Several ICA stores in Sweden say their fridges and freezers were hacked and set to about 50°C, and Coop reports problems at six stores. In Belgium, Delhaize confirms an "IT incident" at about 40 stores, Carrefour at 15 and Spar at about five. Stores had to throw food away. Nobody has claimed responsibility, and no official link to last month's attack on French supermarket fridges has been confirmed.