UK meat processing firms’ fridges heat up after cyber-attacks in Europe
Summary
Cyber-attacks disrupted refrigeration systems at retailers in several European countries, and some UK meat processors also reported affected cooling units. The UK National Cyber Security Centre said the national impact was minimal and is helping companies find and fix weaknesses; investigators have not confirmed who carried out the attacks.Key Facts
- Retailers in Belgium, Estonia, Ireland, Finland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Sweden reported refrigeration problems on Monday.
- Some European supermarket refrigeration systems reportedly reached temperatures as high as 50C.
- The NCSC said no UK grocery chain had been directly affected and described the national impact as minimal.
- The British Association of Independent Meat Suppliers said some of its members had affected cold units, but the units were empty and no produce was lost.
- One UK meat company reported cold units reaching up to 100C, while two others said their units began to defrost.
- Researchers recorded 256 attempted attacks from 91 sources against online decoy Danfoss fridge controls between 20 and 30 October.
- Researchers said the decoy-control attacks showed similarities to operations previously linked to Russia, but the attackers remained unidentified.
- The NCSC said the attacks used long-standing vulnerabilities and were not enabled by artificial intelligence.
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