Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today show, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)’s chief executive, Dr Richard Horne, shared that the NCSC is “aware of a couple of instances where vulnerable technology had been exploited in the UK”, possibly changing supermarkets’ food cooling settings.
He added that the group “worked through the night” to alert impacted retailers.
This comes after a cyber attack hit supermarket fridges and freezers across Europe on Monday, 2 November.
The malicious hacks also affected Belgium, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Sweden. Multiple companies have confirmed that their online systems were hijacked.
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