More European supermarkets are getting their freezers hacked

<figure> <img alt="Employees empty freezers to load shopping carts with frozen goods that have to be thrown away at ICA Kvantum supermarket in Sjoebo, Sweden on November 2, 2026 after a hacker attack raised the temperature in the freezers to 50 degrees Celcius. " data-caption="Employees at an ICA Kvantum supermarket in Sjoebo, Sweden unloading spoiled food from the freezer units. | Image: Johan Nilsson / TT News Agency / AFP via Getty Images" data-portal-copyright="Image: Johan Nilsson / TT News Agency / AFP via Getty Images" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/11/gettyimages-2302707314.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> Employees at an ICA Kvantum supermarket in Sjoebo, Sweden unloading spoiled food from the freezer units. | Image: Johan Nilsson / TT News Agency / AFP via Getty Images </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Grocery stores across Europe have been hit by another wave of suspected cyberattacks, reporting sudden changes in the temperatures of their fridges and freezers. Major supermarket chains across Belgium, Sweden, Luxembourg, and Estonia were affected according to local reports shared by <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-11-02/belgian-swedish-supermarkets-report-new-suspected-freezer-hack"><em>Bloomberg</em></a> and <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/temperature-soars-swedish-grocery-store-freezers-one-store-blames-hackers-2026-11-02/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&amp;taid=6ae85cd2a85655000117d086&amp;utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=bluesky"><em>Reuters</em></a>.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">One Ica Kvantum store in Sweden said on its <a href="https://www.facebook.com/p/ICA-Kvantum-Sj%C3%B6bo-100057792214475/">Facebook page</a> that its fridges and freezers had been hacked overnight, with temperatures remotely raised to 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit). In a statement to <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/freezer-hack-europe-grocery-stores-belgium-sweden-supermarkets-france-cyberattack-2026-11"><em>Business Insider</em></a>, a spokesperson at Swedish supermarket chain Coop also confirmed that "unauthorized actors were able to access and …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1024300/europe-freezer-fridge-hack-cyberattack">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>