ABC News reported that supermarkets in Sweden, Belgium, Luxembourg and Estonia are dealing with cyberattacks that affect their refrigeration systems. The report's summary identifies those four countries but gives no further detail about the attacks.
A separate report from the Associated Press, carried by PBS NewsHour, describes freezers at supermarkets in several European countries as hit by apparent cyberattacks. Its headline states that the attacks ruined food.
The AP report's summary says that last month similar attacks hit supermarkets in France, causing temperatures to rise in their refrigeration systems. The summary does not say whether the attacks in France are connected to those in the four countries named by ABC News.
The two sources differ in scope. ABC News names Sweden, Belgium, Luxembourg and Estonia, while the AP headline refers only to several European countries. The AP summary is the only one of the two to mention France, and the ABC summary does not refer to food or to earlier incidents.
Neither summary identifies who is responsible for the attacks, how the refrigeration systems were accessed, or how many stores were affected. The summaries also do not describe the extent of food losses beyond the AP headline's statement that the food was ruined. Neither summary reports on whether the affected stores or their operators have commented.
This account relies only on the headlines and summaries of the two reports. The American Intelligencer has not independently confirmed the incidents, and further details were not available in those summaries. Readers seeking fuller accounts can consult the original reports.
Sources: ABC News: Freezers at supermarkets in several European countries hit by apparent cyberattacks; PBS NewsHour: Freezers at supermarkets in several European countries hit by apparent cyberattacks, ruining food.