BrusselsFreezers in dozens of European supermarkets hit 50°C overnight.
A Belgian butcher says the apparent attack ruined €15,000 of meat.
Sabcobel’s chief executive says attackers switched evaporators to defrost mode, and Sweden’s cyber agency flags exposed controllers.
Carrefour Belgium says only 15 of its 700 stores were affected.
No one has claimed responsibility, and Sweden’s cybersecurity centre is still working several incidents.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 300+ reports worldwide
- France 24
- traces the Belgian and Swedish incidents to the October French attack and quotes Sabcobel's CEO identifying the cause as defrost-mode switching
- Yahoo News leans critical
- quotes a Stockholm ICA franchise manager saying the 2 a.m. attack went unnoticed for hours and that everything was destroyed
- Al Jazeera Online
- names Sweden's national cybersecurity centre responding to multiple incidents and ties them to Sabcobel's CEO attribution
- جريدة الأهرام
- extends the pattern to Estonia and quotes a Sjöbo ICA store's Facebook post confirming its fridges were set to 50°C
Sources: France 24, Yahoo News, Al Jazeera Online, جريدة الأهرام