BRUSSELS (The Thursday Times) — Saat European mulkon ke darjanon supermarkets mein raat bhar fridges aur freezers zyada garam ho gaye, jis ka shak cyber-attack par hai, aur dukanon ko khana phenkna para. Yeh France mein sainkron stores par isi tarah hackers ke hamle ke chand hafte baad hua.
Delhaize ne kaha ke Belgium aur Luxembourg mein us ki taqreeban 40 dukanein us waqiye se mutasir hui hain jise us ne computer incident qarar diya, aur woh is ki tehqeeq kar rahi hai. Carrefour ne kaha ke Belgium mein us ke 15 stores nishane par aaye, aur Colruyt Group ne kaha ke Spar ki 5 dukanon ke fridge systems par hamla hua. Ireland mein SuperValu ki 13 dukanon ke mutasir hone ki bhi khabar hai, aur Netherlands aur Finland mein bhi dukanein mutasir hui hain. UK ke National Cyber Security Centre ne kaha ke woh is waqiye ko samajhne ke liye international partners ke saath kaam kar raha hai, halanke Britain mein aisa koi waqia report nahin hua.
Sweden mein ICA aur Coop chains ne mehdood tadad mein stores par yahi masla bataya. Sjöbo mein ICA ki aik shaakh ne kaha ke raat bhar us ke refrigerators aur freezers "hack" kar diye gaye aur 50 degrees Celsius par set kar diye gaye. Stockholm mein aik aur store ke sales manager ne kaha ke hamla raat 2 baje hua aur subah 5.30 baje nazar mein aaya.
Delhaize ke systems chalane wali Belgium ki refrigeration company Sabcobel ke chief executive ne cyber-attack ko zimmedar qarar diya aur kaha ke units ke evaporators ko defrost mode par kar diya gaya tha. Un ke mutabiq France ke hamle ke baad se company customers ke fridges ko bachane par kaam kar rahi thi, lekin units mein sirf software update nahin balke physical tabdeeliyan bhi darkar hain. Hoeilaart mein Delhaize ki aik shaakh ne kaha ke us ka €1 lakh ka maal zaya ho gaya, dukan band karne se hone wale nuqsan ke alawa.
Sweden ke qaumi cybersecurity centre ke sarbarah John Billow ne kaha ke woh grocery stores par pesh aane wale kai waqiyat par kaam kar raha hai. "Hum ne pichhle chand hafton mein… nishandehi ki hai ke Sweden mein kafi zyada aise operational technology devices khule hue hain jinhein update ya patch karne ki zaroorat ke bare mein hum wazeh rahe hain," unhon ne kaha.
Estonia mein aik technology supplier ne kaha ke wahan ki aik supermarket chain, jis ka us ne naam nahin bataya, bhi nishane par aayi thi, jahan temperatures 50 degrees par set kar diye gaye thay.
Pichhle maheene France mein hone wale hamle mein, police ne kaha ke hackers ne sainkron supermarkets ke cooling units par qabza kar liya, temperature 50 degrees tak barha diya, jis se khana kharab hua aur kai stores mein aag lag gayi. Kisi ne zimmedari qabool nahin ki, aur hukkam ne yeh nahin bataya ke in hamlon ke peechhe kaun tha.
