00:03Alleged cyber attacks on supermarkets, fridges and freezers have hit at least 11 European countries over the past days,
00:11including Germany, the Netherlands and Estonia, turning food into waste.
00:15Nobody has claimed responsibility and the motive remains unknown.
00:19These are not isolated incidents and of course we have to be collectively resilient and prepared for such cyber incidents.
00:28On Monday, EU Food and Agriculture Commissioner Christophe Hansen called the attacks a deliberate attempt to disrupt our food supply
00:36chain.
00:36Italy's government has held emergency talks with intelligence chiefs on Tuesday after around 20 stores were hit nationwide.
00:44Meanwhile, six Romanian outlets were affected, but Romanian cyber security chief said the attacks seemed semi-amateurish, stressing they do
00:52not suspect a state actor.
00:54This Dutch cyber security expert warns internet-connected cooling systems used in supermarkets remain vulnerable to cyber attacks.
01:02Every now and then a hole is found in those products and thus then you should immediately install the software
01:11update or pull the internet cable out of it because otherwise you will get hacked.
01:16Recent research by the security firm 4Scout found nearly 13,000 refrigeration control services openly reachable online in 99 countries.
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