
Refrigeration outages hit European supermarkets in suspected hacking wave
About 20 refrigerator systems at Delhaize, Carrefour and Spar supermarkets had outages; similar outages were reported in Sweden, Luxembourg and Estonia. The Pentagon is investigating the French supermarket and US commissary outages as a potential cyberattack.
About 20 refrigeration systems at Delhaize, Carrefour and Spar supermarkets went down late on Sunday night into Monday morning, according to the head of a refrigeration installer. Similar outages were reported in Swedish grocery chains and stores in Luxembourg and Estonia; Moelans described the wave as suspected cyberattacks.