A shopworker in one of Swedish supermarket chain ICA's stores kneels on the ground in front of empty fridges, removing defrosted food. A roll of paper towels are on the floor beside him.Image source, AFP via Getty Images
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Sweden was among countries to report a cyber incident in which some supermarket fridge units had been hiked up in temperature

ByLiv McMahonTechnology reporter
  • Published37 minutes ago

After hackers targeted refrigeration systems in supermarkets and food suppliers across Europe, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) says it is aware of "a couple of instances where vulnerable technology had been exploited in the UK".

The NCSC's chief executive Dr Richard Horne told the Today programme, on BBC Radio Four, that it had "worked through the night" to alert potentially affected organisations in the UK.