# More than ten European countries report cyberattacks on supermarket refrigeration

https://mins.news/en/item/127091

- TASS, 2026-11-03 12:23 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2212485

> More than ten European countries reported hacker attacks on supermarket refrigeration systems. Attackers remotely switched on defrost mode, spoiling large quantities of food, with preliminary losses estimated at tens of millions of euros. The incidents affected several countries on November 2, with similar cases also reported in Germany, Italy, Denmark and Portugal; France saw similar incidents in October.

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