# All UK homes ‘need to stockpile’ 15 items after latest attack – including cash

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/all-uk-homes-need-to-stockpile-15-items-after-latest-attack-including-cash/
- Published: 2026-11-08T10:43:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-08T11:22:52+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Express (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2264312/all-uk-homes-need-stockpile
- Topics: Cybersecurity, Technology, UK, World

## Key points

- Cyber attacks disrupted refrigeration at UK meat suppliers.
- Officials urge households to prepare for emergencies.
- The NCSC reported 80 nationally significant incidents.

## Summary

A cyber attack affecting software used by supermarkets and food suppliers across Europe disrupted refrigeration at several UK meat suppliers, with some fridges defrosting and one reportedly reaching 100°C. The incident has renewed official calls for households to prepare for emergencies, including cyber attacks, severe weather and power cuts.

The National Cyber Security Centre’s Richard Horne said people should take responsibility for their own preparedness. Its annual report recorded 1,831 cyber attack reports, 337 of which required support and 80 of which were nationally significant; it also said 8,500 organisations had been warned their systems were compromised. The Cabinet Office says a public information campaign on household resilience is due to launch later this year.

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