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Cyberattack raises freezer temperatures to 50°C in European supermarkets
Incident affects dozens of stores in Belgium, Sweden, Luxembourg, and Estonia, forcing establishments to discard large quantities of spoiled food.
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The essentials of this story
- What happened
- A cyberattack raised the temperature of freezers and refrigerators in European supermarkets to 50°C, causing food losses.
- Who is affected
- Supermarket chains, employees, and consumers in Belgium, Sweden, Luxembourg, and Estonia.
- What changes
- Refrigeration systems suffered forced overheating, requiring product disposal and raising security alerts regarding retail infrastructure.
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Sources
- Hackers elevam temperatura de freezers a 50ºC em novo ataque na Europa — CNN Brasil
- Hackers atacam freezers de supermercados na Bélgica e na Suécia; temperatura chegou a 50°C — O Globo
- Freezers de supermercados são atacados em quatro países na Europa e superaquecem a mais de 50°C — Folha de S.Paulo — mercado
- Ciberataque em supermercados na Europa eleva temperatura de freezers a 50°C — UOL — notícias
