SuperValu cyberattack: Gardaí investigate supermarket hacking across nine EU countries

An employee cleans an empty refrigerator at a SuperValu supermarket where refrigeration systems limited to a specific model in 13 of its 223 stores were affected by a cyber incident on Monday. Picture: REUTERS/Stringer

Irish authorities are “engaging extensively” with European counterparts in relation to the spate of cyberattacks on supermarkets across nine EU countries.

Garda HQ is understood to be assisting the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) in the investigation here regarding the hacking of refrigeration units at 13 Supervalu stores.