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

Following cyberattacks on supermarket freezer systems in at least nine European countries last week, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani told that "Sanctions are being discussed," in Paris on Tuesday. After recent attacks on supermarket fridges, home appliances could be next, the EU's cyber chief told on Tuesday, as he urged Europe to invest more to counter growing cyber threats.

Hundreds of French supermarkets were hit in cyberattacks on October 11 and 12, which raised the temperatures in their refrigerators and freezers, forcing many to throw away entire inventories of perishable food.