Supermarket fridges hit with cyberattacks across Europe — here's what's happening

What happened

European supermarkets have become the center of another cyberattack, with hackers remotely heating fridges and spoiling food. CNBC ↗

Also reported

Cyber hackers have targeted fridges and freezers in supermarkets in several European countries including Ireland – causing temperatures to increase and food to spoil. Sky News ↗

The numbers

Prices people pay

Groceries: +2.1% vs. a year ago

Rent: +3.0% vs. a year ago

Electricity: +4.0% vs. a year ago

Bureau of Labor Statistics · All data

Sources

• Supermarket fridges hit with cyberattacks across Europe — here's what's happening CNBC
• 'Everything is destroyed': Hackers target refrigerators in new cyber attacks Sky News
• Supermarket fridges hit with cyberattacks across Europe — here's what's happening CNBC
• Europe's fridges are getting hacked. Could America be next? Axios
• New Wave of Refrigeration Cyberattacks Hits Supermarkets Across Europe, Forcing Stores to Pull Food The Hacker News
• Supermarkets across Europe hit by new fridge cyberattacks NBC News