A Swiss meat products manufacturer's refrigeration system was hacked.

Swiss media reported on the 5th that the refrigeration system of a meat products company in the country was hit by a hacker attack. The company involved announced that it had urgently cut off network connections and temporarily closed its stores. The meat products company, named Lthi, released information saying that because a targeted cyber attack tampered with the electronic control systems of its refrigeration and freezer systems, causing significant temperature deviations, its store in Kniz, Canton of Bern, was temporarily closed. Swiss Broadcasting Corporation reported that the operator of this meat products company said the temperature of its freezer system was raised to between 50 and 70 degrees Celsius, causing the meat to spoil. In addition, three other stores were also affected. This is the first publicly reported attack of its kind in Switzerland. In recent weeks, supermarket refrigeration systems in multiple European countries have been hit by hacker attacks. France has been particularly severely affected. In addition to attacks on supermarket refrigeration systems, the operating parameters of some cold storage facilities at blood institutions were also tampered with.