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Irish Supermarket Fridges Hit In Second Cyberattack
02 November 2026

Irish Supermarket Fridges Hit In Second Cyberattack

The Last Word with Matt Cooper

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For the second time in the past few weeks, hackers have attacked supermarket fridges in Europe, spoiling foods and costing hundreds of thousands of Euro. Irish chain Supervalu was one of the businesses affected.

Kevin Curran, professor of cyber security at the University of Ulster and Chris Elliot, professor of Food Security at Queens University Belfast and founder of the Institute for Global Food Security, discuss the vulnerabilities in the food supply chain.

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