Travelling story
Cyber attacks on supermarket refrigeration systems
First seen in Italy’s press on 2 November 2026. Carried by 38 presses over 4 days, 343 articles in all; the busiest day was 2 November 2026 with 169 articles.
Running — the press of 38 countries carried it, the latest on 5 November 2026.
Articles per day
The spread, day by day
For each day: the articles the presses gave it, and the presses that carried it for the first time that day.
- 19 articles · 38 presses so far
no new press
- 50 articles · 38 presses so far
- 105 articles · 36 presses so far
new: United States (3), Philippines (2)
- 169 articles · 34 presses so far
new: Italy (21), Belgium (12), Netherlands (12), Romania (11), United Kingdom (8), Austria (7), Germany (7), Portugal (7), France (6), Ireland (6), Russia (5), Turkey (5), Argentina (4), Canada (4), Hungary (4), Serbia (4), Slovakia (4), Spain (4), Venezuela (4), Belarus (3), Israel (3), Pakistan (3), Switzerland (3), Australia (2), Bolivia (2), Bosnia & Herzegovina (2), Brazil (2), China (2), Dominican Republic (2), Mexico (2), Moldova (2), Senegal (2), South Africa (2), South Korea (2)
The presses that carried it
Ranked by articles over the whole story; the date is the first day each press carried it.
- Italy 68 articles · from 2 Nov 2026
- Romania 26 articles · from 2 Nov 2026
- Germany 24 articles · from 2 Nov 2026
- Austria 23 articles · from 2 Nov 2026
- United Kingdom 21 articles · from 2 Nov 2026
- Belgium 18 articles · from 2 Nov 2026
- Netherlands 14 articles · from 2 Nov 2026
- Switzerland 13 articles · from 2 Nov 2026
- Serbia 12 articles · from 2 Nov 2026
- Russia 11 articles · from 2 Nov 2026
- Spain 10 articles · from 2 Nov 2026
- Portugal 9 articles · from 2 Nov 2026
- Ireland 8 articles · from 2 Nov 2026
- Pakistan 8 articles · from 2 Nov 2026
- Argentina 7 articles · from 2 Nov 2026
- Hungary 7 articles · from 2 Nov 2026
- France 6 articles · from 2 Nov 2026
- Turkey 5 articles · from 2 Nov 2026
- Brazil 4 articles · from 2 Nov 2026
- Canada 4 articles · from 2 Nov 2026
- South Korea 4 articles · from 2 Nov 2026
- Slovakia 4 articles · from 2 Nov 2026
- Venezuela 4 articles · from 2 Nov 2026
- Belarus 3 articles · from 2 Nov 2026
What they wrote
A few headlines per day, in the outlets’ own words; the translation is ours when shown.
- Germany · 5 Nov 2026 Supermärkte: Warum Kühlregale leicht zu hacken sind ↗
- Switzerland · 5 Nov 2026 Switzerland reports - Due to a suspicious object: Schaffhausen station temporarily closed +++ Cybercriminals hack freezers of Swiss butcher shop ↗
- Austria · 5 Nov 2026 Gehackte Kühlsysteme: Auch deutscher Pharmahändler betroffen ↗
- Italy · 5 Nov 2026 Hacker attacks on refrigeration systems in Sicilian supermarkets ↗
- United Kingdom · 4 Nov 2026 So, could Britain's food chain be hit by the cyber hackers targeting supermarket freezers all across Europe? ↗
- Germany · 4 Nov 2026 Hacker-Attacke: Sabotage an Kühlanlagen: Experte rügt Hersteller ↗
- Spain · 4 Nov 2026 «Han atacado supermercados, pero ¿y si hackean un banco de sangre?» ↗
- Italy · 4 Nov 2026 Hacker dei frigoriferi, multe a chi non si difende: “Ma da noi pochi danni” ↗
- Romania · 3 Nov 2026 "Repeated cyber attacks, extremely worrying." EU's reaction after supermarkets in 7 countries were targeted by hackers ↗
- Austria · 3 Nov 2026 Again cyber attacks on supermarkets in Europe ↗
- Germany · 3 Nov 2026 Rewe und Edeka – Deutscher Supermarkt meldet 50-Grad-Attacke auf Kühlschränke ↗
- Italy · 3 Nov 2026 Attacchi hacker in 8 Paesi Ue, frigo in tilt nei supermercati. “Ci aggrediscono sul cibo” ↗
- Romania · 2 Nov 2026 Hackerii au transformat congelatoarele din sute de supermarketuri franceze în arme. Pentagonul investighează atacuri similare în bazele militare americane ↗
- Netherlands · 2 Nov 2026 Hack op koelingen van supermarkten in België, Luxemburg en Zweden ↗
- Belgium · 2 Nov 2026 The refrigerators of several dozen supermarkets affected by a "computer incident" ↗
- Italy · 2 Nov 2026 Attacchi hacker ai supermercati in 6 Paesi europei: frigoriferi fino a 50° ↗
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