Tech article
UK meat processing firms’ fridges heat up after cyber-attacks in Europe
Publisher description: Cybersecurity experts say incidents had minimal effect but may represent the ‘foothills’ of a wider threat
The Guardian | Nov 3, 2026 | Dan Milmo and Robert Booth
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The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) said it was working with the affected companies but that the national impact was minimal. We’ll keep monitoring that. “At the moment, the impact is minimal.” Cybersecurity experts meanwhile reported that attacks on “dummy” fridge controls – deliberately placed online to lure would-be hackers – displayed characteristics similar to previous malicious operations linked to Russia. Cybersecurity researchers said attacks on dummy Danfoss fridge controls – which were targeted by the hackers in mainland Europe – were similar to recent operations linked to Russia.
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