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Supermarket freezers across Europe hit by second suspected cyber-attack

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Chains in Sweden, Belgium and Luxembourg say fridge temperatures rose overnight, similar to hack of French stores Supermarket chains in Sweden, Belgium and Luxembourg have said the temperatures of their refrigerators and freezers in dozens of stores rose overnight, prompting fears of a cyber-attack

What the coverage shows

All four outlets frame the story as a second suspected cyber-attack affecting supermarket freezers, with Belgium and Sweden mentioned by every outlet and Luxembourg appearing in The Guardian US and BBC headlines. Bloomberg adds Ireland and Finland in its headline but not in the extract, while Tom's Hardware is alone in highlighting a 50C figure and saying food stocks were destroyed. The Guardian US is the only outlet whose extract explicitly says chains in Sweden, Belgium and Luxembourg reported overnight temperature rises.

Written by Crossfiled from the 3 headlines and extracts below, not from the articles themselves. It describes how the outlets framed this, not what happened. Open any headline for a summary of that article.

The IndependentThe Guardian USTom's Hardware

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