Fridge hacks also hit French blood banks
The incident appears to be connected to a recent wave of cyberattacks on supermarket refrigerators across Europe.
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Supermarket Chain Thaw Massacre: Russia suspected in Europe’s fridge attacks
Nobody knows who hacked Europe's supermarkets. But many are looking to Moscow.
Supply Chain
EU Commission to probe supermarket cyberattacks
Europe’s food security is not at risk, but a wave of cyberattacks is raising concerns about supply chain resilience, Agriculture Commissioner Christophe Hansen warned.
Europe’s supermarkets hit by new wave of cyberattacks targeting fridges
Dozens of store refrigerators across five countries saw their temperature raised remotely, following similar attacks that hit France last month.
Vulnerabilities
Inside the cyber flaw scramble that brought the AI threat to life
Vulnerabilities in a programming language underpinning much of the web set off a hectic 72-hour rush among virtually every cybersecurity agency in the world.
Vulnerabilities
Hackers launch ‘millions’ of attempts to exploit global PHP cyber flaw
Governments and website owners are rushing to patch holes in popular internet programming language.
Serbian prosecutor probing Trump Tower in Belgrade targeted with spyware
The revelations come amid mounting controversy over plans to redevelop the former Yugoslav military headquarters in Belgrade into a new luxury Trump Tower.
Cyberattack on French supermarkets tells us more about food security than AI safety
Experts know little about the motives of the hackers who remotely turned up the temperature on French supermarket refrigerators. Their methods, however, are far from science fiction.
Data Breaches
Millions of phones exposed to Israeli spyware operation through online ads, researchers say
EU and NATO websites displayed online ads linked to Israeli hacking software.
EU’s cyber unit turns to AI to fend off ‘high-risk’ hacks
European Commission IT department wants to use AI to defend its systems from the most serious cyberattacks.
French supermarkets face food crisis after cyberattack hits refrigerators
France's cyber agency coordinating with European counterparts in response to hackers.