Cyberattack Spoils Food Across Europe, Exposing Weaknesses in National Supply Chains
A coordinated cyber assault has forced dozens of supermarkets in seven countries to dump massive quantities of food, leaving citizens facing waste and rising prices.
Dozens of supermarkets in seven European countries were hit by a cyberattack that disabled refrigerators and freezers, forcing large quantities of food to be dumped.
Grocery store chains across Europe are scrambling to re‑stock shelves after the attack left massive amounts of food spoiled, according to CBS News international reporter Inaya Folarin Iman.
The aftermath was summed up in a BBC headline: “All this food is now useless.”
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New cyberattacks hit supermarket fridges across Europe
Grocery store chains across Europe are scrambling to re-stock shelves after a cyberattack left massive amounts of food spoiled. CBS news international reporter Inaya Folarin Iman has more.
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'All this food is now useless': Piles of rubbish after shop freezers hit by cyber-attack
Dozens of supermarkets in seven European countries dumped huge quantities of food after refrigerators and freezers were targeted in a cyber-attack.
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If hackers can take control of a supermarket freezer, how vulnerable is other tech?
Dozens of shops across European countries have been hit by a cyber-attack affecting their fridges.
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A new cold war: hackers target fridges across the globe
NPR investigated cyberattacks on the digital devices that control industrial refrigerators, revealing the extent to which operational technology is exposed to damage and disruption.
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- Grocery store chains across Europe are re-stocking shelves after a cyberattack left large amounts of food spoiled.
- Dozens of supermarkets in seven European countries dumped large quantities of food after refrigerators and freezers were targeted in a cyberattack.
- Inaya Folarin Iman is a CBS News international reporter.
- Inaya Folarin Iman said, "Grocery store chains across Europe are scrambling to re-stock shelves after a cyberattack left massive amounts of food spoiled."
- "All this food is now useless" appears in a BBC News headline about the aftermath of the cyberattack.
- Dozens of supermarkets were affected.
- Supermarkets in seven European countries were affected.
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