Cyber● Elevated1h ago · Nov 10, 2026, 5:36 PM

After fridge hacks, home appliances could be next, EU cyber chief warns

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from South China Morning Post · Western Europe

After recent attacks on supermarket fridges, home appliances could be next, the EU’s cyber chief said on Tuesday, as he urged Europe to invest more to counter growing cyber threats. Supermarkets in at least 12 European countries were hit by cyberattacks in October and November, with France the worst affected. “Security should not and cannot be an afterthought,” Juhan Lepassaar, executive director of the EU’s cybersecurity agency ENISA, said. “Today it was fridges, tomorrow it could be routers,...

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