UK also affected by cyber-attack which hit European supermarket fridges
Summary
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre says hackers exploited vulnerable technology in a couple of incidents affecting UK organisations. The incidents follow attacks on supermarket refrigeration systems in several European countries, including France, where hundreds of stores were targeted in early October.Key Facts
- NCSC chief executive Richard Horne said the agency had alerted a handful of potentially affected UK organisations.
- Horne said the NCSC was aware of a couple of impacts in the UK.
- Supermarkets in Ireland, Sweden, Estonia and Belgium reported refrigeration units set to higher temperatures on Monday.
- Attacks in France in early October targeted hundreds of stores overnight and spoiled fresh and frozen food worth an estimated millions of euros.
- The attacks exploited known vulnerabilities in systems used to manage refrigeration units remotely.
- Horne said it was too early to identify who was behind the hacks.
- Horne said organisations should update and secure their technology, including systems that have reached the end of their supported life.
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