Attackers heat up fridges and freezers at more than 100 stores across Europe, spoiling food
Attackers remotely changed the settings on refrigeration controls at more than 100 supermarkets and food shops in Belgium, Sweden, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Estonia, and other European countries overnight into Monday, November 2, 2026, warming fridges and freezers and forcing some stores to throw away food. The attacks followed a similar wave that hit hundreds of French supermarkets three weeks earlier. No one has claimed responsibility, and Belgium's federal prosecutor has opened a criminal investigation.