The U.K. will likely face AI cyberattacks on its critical infrastructure by 2028 as criminals and states, including China and Russia, increasingly use AI in their cyber activity.

🇬🇧❗️Russia and 🇨🇳China could make AI-powered cyberattacks a common weapon by 2028, says British intelligence The UK is already experiencing AI-powered cyberattacks, and their scale and speed will inc...

Temperature increases have been reported in dozens of store cooling systems , weeks after a similar attack in France.

The breaches join a growing list of reported cyberattacks on Japanese companies as concerns rise over the security measures companies are taking.

NPR investigated cyberattacks on the digital devices that control industrial refrigerators, revealing the extent to which operational technology is exposed to damage and disruption.

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The National Cyber Security Center warns that AI will likely increase the scale and efficiency of cyberattacks on essential services like electricity and water by 2028.

This photograph shows empty refrigerators in a Delhaize supermarket in Boortmeerbeek, some 30 km from Brussels, on November 2, 2026, following an IT incident. Dozens of Belgian grocery stores and an

The EU says the cyberattacks are a deliberate attempt to disrupt the food supply chain, but Romania’s cyber chief calls them “semi-amateurish”.

OT / ICS SECURITY ALERT Attack method unconfirmed Europe is facing a disturbing wave of suspected cyberattacks targeting an unexpected part of its critical infrastructure: supermarket refrigeration systems. In an incident spanning at least seven European countries, dozens of grocery stores reportedly experienced unauthorized changes to their refrigeration controls, with some freezers allegedly reaching temperatures as high as 50°C. The disruption resulted in spoiled food, discarded stock and operational problems, raising concerns about the cybersecurity of internet-connected industrial control systems (ICS).

The attacks on French supermarket refrigeration systems exposed the risks of unsecured remote access controllers well beyond France and well beyond the grocery aisle.

Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has ordered government agencies to prepare for potential cyberattacks targeting food storage and supply systems. Source link

Cyberattacks targeting commercial fridges and freezers have affected food businesses in the UK and across...

Anthropic's latest research adds to the growing safety concerns around AI from the ability for models to carry out cyberattacks to the technology going rogue.

The hacking era has hit supermarket freezer shelves. In October attackers went after the refrigeration systems at hundreds of grocery stores in France. On the night of November 1 a second wave struck stores in Belgium, Sweden, the Netherlands, Ireland, Estonia, Finland, Luxembourg, Italy, Portugal, Romania and Germany. Both sets of attacks followed a similar string of freezer failures at U.S. military bases back in August that the Pentagon now suspects was the work of hackers. In the worst cases, freezers flipped from cooling food to heating it to 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit) overnight. This type of attack has proved much more devastating than simply cutting the power. Unless someone caught the problem in time, the heat ruined the food before anyone had a chance to salvage it. Jonathan Sogin, a food science researcher at Cornell University, says this made the window to preserve food “way shorter than if you were to take something out to defrost it on your counter.” Retailers say they’ve lost millions of euros’ worth of produce and frozen goods so far. On supporting science journalism If you're enjoying this article, consider supporting our award-winning journalism by subscribing. By purchasing a subscription you are...

Data leaks due to cyberattacks in Japan reached a five-year high by mid-October 2026, already surpassing previous full-year totals amid a surge in breaches at