# UK cyber officials identify attacks on refrigeration systems used by organisations

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/uk-also-affected-by-supermarket-fridge-hacks-cyber-chief-says/
- Published: 2026-11-03T09:43:44+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-03T09:55:33+00:00
- Original publisher: BBC Technology (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckq6ndq8l6v0o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
- Topics: Business, Cybersecurity, Markets, Technology, UK, World

## Key points

- UK organisations were affected by attacks on refrigeration technology.
- European supermarket fridges were turned up remotely.
- The NCSC chief urged businesses to update and secure ageing systems.

## Summary

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) says it knows of a couple of cases in which vulnerable technology used by UK organisations was exploited in attacks on refrigeration systems. The incidents follow reports of supermarket fridges being remotely turned up in several European countries, raising concerns about the security of systems that manage essential services and everyday business operations.

NCSC chief executive Richard Horne said the centre had worked overnight to alert potentially affected organisations, and that it had identified a couple of impacts. Similar incidents were reported in Ireland, Sweden, Estonia and Belgium on Monday, after attacks in France in early October affected hundreds of stores and spoiled food worth millions of euros. The attackers exploited weaknesses in remote refrigeration controls that researchers had identified months earlier; who was responsible remains unclear.

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