Europe · Wednesday, 4 November 2026
Cyberattack wave hits Moldova's government and European supermarket fridges

Moldova's prime minister said government databases holding data on hundreds of thousands of people were breached and cancelled a Brussels trip, blaming a suspected state actor he declined to name. The attack came as a separate hacking campaign that overheated supermarket refrigeration systems in France last month spread to Italy and Sweden, prompting emergency talks in Rome.