Hackers disrupt refrigeration at Swedish ICA and Coop supermarkets, with one freezer reaching 55°C

Attackers disrupted refrigeration systems at several ICA◼ and Coop◼ supermarkets in Sweden, causing food loss and temporary store closures, with one freezer reported at 55°C. The article notes similar attacks on French supermarket refrigeration that damaged chilled and frozen stock. No CVE identifiers, affected equipment models, initial access vector or attribution are given. Defenders running connected refrigeration or building management systems should review remote access and network exposure of those controllers and set temperature alarms that operate independently of the network.

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