Supermarkets hit by cyber attackers targeting fridges forcing staff to throw out food

Supermarkets hit by cyber attackers targeting fridges forcing staff to throw out food The incident is affecting 13 Supervalu shops across Ireland as Cork-based Musgrave Group is 'working closely' with cybersecurity specialists Supermarkets across Ireland have had to remove products from their fridges following a cyberattack. The incident is affecting 13 Supervalu shops as Cork-based Musgrave Group is "working closely" with cybersecurity specialists. This comes as the attack saw cybercriminals hacking a specific model of refrigerators that is only used in certain supermarkets. Products are now being removed from sale as a precaution as staff are working to resolve the issue. A spokesman told CorkBeo: "As a precaution, chilled and frozen products in the affected stores have been removed from sale, and all other products remain available as normal. "Customer safety is our first priority, and customers can be confident that products on sale in our stores have been stored at safe temperatures. We are working closely with the suppliers of the affected refrigeration equipment and with cybersecurity specialists to resolve the issue and restore normal operations as quickly as possible." Supermarkets in France were also hit by a cyberattack last month, affecting hundreds of stores and leading to significant quatitites of food to be thrown away. Now shops in Belgium and Sweeden have also been hit as hackers targeted Dutch company Delhaize and ICA and Coop stores in Sweden. Similarly to previous attacks, hackers raised the temperature of the online-controlled refrigerators to 50C, compromising food likely worth millions of euros. In Belgium, the attack was first noticed on Sunday night, with affected supermarkets including Delhaize, Carrefour and Spar.