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.