Hackers sabotaged supermarket cooling systems across seven European nations, shutting down critical cooling units and prompting widespread inventory write-offs. Retail operations in Belgium, Luxembourg, Sweden, Ireland, the Netherlands, Estonia, and Finland all reported operational disruptions. In Belgium and Luxembourg alone, 40 Delhaize supermarkets suffered severe consequences from the incident. Workers at an affected shop near Brussels were forced to dispose of extensive loads of ice cream and frozen pizzas.
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Supermarkets across Europe suffered massive inventory losses due to targeted cyber-attack…: Supermarkets across Europe suffered massive inventory losses due to targeted cyber-attacks on cooling systems.
Heavy disruptions were concentrated in Belgium and Luxembourg, causing localized damages…: Heavy disruptions were concentrated in Belgium and Luxembourg, causing localized damages exceeding €100,000 per store.
Retailers in Sweden, Ireland, the Netherlands, Estonia, and Finland also faced operationa…: Retailers in Sweden, Ireland, the Netherlands, Estonia, and Finland also faced operational disruptions from the hack.
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In supermarkets across Europe, a huge amount of food has been dumped after refrigerators and freezers were targeted in a cyber-attack.
Belgium and Luxemburg saw some of the worst damage, with 40 Delhaize supermarkets affected, with incidents also taking place in stores in Sweden, Ireland, the Netherlands, Estonia and Finland.
In a branch of supermarket Delhaize in Hoeilaart, just outside Belgian capital of Brussels, the BBC's Europe correspondent Nick Beake found frozen pizzas and ice cream among a mountain of food having to be scrapped - with this branch estimating the cost of the damage running to more than €100,000 (£83,500).
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