“The Pentagon is investigating if rogue freezers are tied to cyberattacks in France. Another wave of hacks is hitting supermarkets across Europe”

Key points

• About 20 supermarket refrigeration systems in Delhaize, Carrefour, and Spar experienced outages late Sunday into Monday.
• Outages were reported in Sweden (ICA, Coop), Luxembourg, and Estonia, with similar incidents noted by Swedish press.
• Aftonbladet and Sabcobel CEO Stephan Moelans describe rapid technician mobilization to disconnect affected units.
• The attacks resemble earlier French supermarket hacks that raised temperatures, spoiled food, and caused small fires.
• Experts say refrigerators are high-risk targets as devices are internet-connected and widespread across chains.