ICA and Coop stores in Sweden lose frozen stock as freezers fail overnight

Overnight into Monday, fridges and freezers went down at 12 or more ICA and Coop grocery stores across Sweden, with one store claiming they had been hacked and set to 50 degrees Celsius, or 122 Fahrenheit. ICA said it was an incident that impacted refrigeration and freezer systems at a limited number of stores. A Sjöbo shop said hackers dialed coolers to 50 degrees It struck five ICA stores in southern Sweden. They are Ica Kvantum Sjöbo, Ica Kvantum Tomelilla, Ica Nära Böda, Ica Supermarket Brösarp and Ica Nära Sankt Olof. Ica Baronen in Stockholm was also hit. ICA said the affected stores connect to the internet outside its central network. Its cooling and freezer systems were hacked and set to 50 degrees, Ica Kvantum Sjöbo wrote on Facebook.

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