The current targets are in Ireland, Sweden, Belgium, Luxembourg and Estonia
The US military is investigating similar issues affecting six US bases
Over 400 French supermarkets were attacked in October 2026
In October 2026 hundreds of French supermarkets lost food worth millions of euros after a cyberattack turned their freezers up to 120F (50C) — and it looks like it’s happening again , this time in other European countries. This time the targeted supermarkets include Supervalu, which is one of Ireland’s biggest supermarket chains, as well as the Swedish retailers Axfood and ICO and big-name supermarkets in Belgium, Luxembourg and Estonia. While the targets are different the method appears to be the same, with remote access turning the freezers into heaters and spoiling their contents. According to one retailer on Facebook, ICA Kvantum Sjöbo , "What shouldn’t have happened has happened!" So what’s happening? What’s happening to the supermarket freezers
This most recent attack follows in the footsteps of the French hack and the more recent Pentagon investigation into refrigeration issues in US military bases. It could well be exploiting a very simple vulnerability, which is that remote refrigeration management systems have weak authentication and "dangerous" software flaws…