The hackers’ attack, which hit about a hundred supermarkets in Sweden, Belgium, Luxembourg, Estonia and Ireland, did not spare Italy either.
At least four points of coopé three in Catania and one in Palermo were affected by an alleged cyberattack that caused temperatures to rise in cooling systems and forced workers to drop foods that were highly heated.
The news was first made known to the news agency “Ansa” by Giuseppe Spadaro, director-general of the group Radenzaw, which manages the supermarkets “Coop.”
We’ve verified that it’s an attack on our remote control system on frozen products. After a careful examination, there seems to be no more damage, but the attack has really happened, Danilo Radenza, executive director of {Cop Radenza~ later confirmed.
According to Spadaros, Postal Police are working to uncover the origin and size of the attacks, as well as to verify whether it is related to events occurring in other European countries.
We’re counting the damage. In some cases we have solved the problem. We have already contacted the National Cyber Security Agency and activated protocols to conduct deepening investigations, said group director Radenza possibly.
National Cyber Security Agency ( The ACN announced that it has received reports of an incident affecting a toscan company in the collective caviro sector, as well as identifying an attack on a company in the Emilia-Ragna region, which produces frozen foods.
The ACN has recommended urgent verification if remote control and assistance systems, used by food distribution chains, are exposed on the internet.
Also, strengthening the long distance approach through VPNs and multi-profession, reviewing accounts with high privileges, as well as upgrading or replacing equipment that is no longer supported by producers, reports yetAnsa.
A meeting between the Agency, sector federations and leading national retail companies is scheduled for tomorrow.
Post police are investigating possible links to incidents in other European countries. /Telegraph/