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Fridge Cyberattack Sweeps European Supermarkets

A cyberattack targeting supermarket refrigeration systems spread across Europe on Monday, hitting fridges and freezers from Sweden to Belgium and forcing stores to discard food, the Korea Times reports. The attack, dubbed 'fridge hacking,' involves hacking remote control systems to raise temperatures to 50 degrees Celsius, causing mass food waste and disrupting supply chains; it has also reached US mainland military bases, with speculation of Russian sabotage, according to Chosun Ilbo. Korean officials are responding: President Lee Jae Myung ordered a review of plans for a government-wide cybersecurity agency, and the NIS asked 2,100 public institutions to conduct emergency checks following recent cyberattacks on financial firms, the Korea Times reports.

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