UK meat processing firms’ fridges heat up after cyber-attacks in Europe

Cybersecurity experts say incidents had minimal effect but may represent the ‘foothills’ of a wider threat

Meat processing firms in the UK have been hit by cyber-attacks after hackers raised the temperatures of supermarket freezers across Europe.

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) said it was working with the affected companies but that the national impact was minimal.

Speaking at the launch of the NCSC annual review on Tuesday, the centre’s director of operations, Paul Chichester, said: “We’re aware of those incidents in the UK, and obviously we’re working with the affected organisations. We’ll keep monitoring that.

“At the moment, the impact is minimal.”