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Recent cyberattacks disrupted supermarket refrigeration systems across Belgium, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Sweden, with temperatures in some freezers rising as high as 50°C and causing widespread food-safety risks; UK suppliers were also affected, though the national impact remained limited according to the National Cyber Security Centre. As cold-chain warehouses, transport, and distribution networks grow more dependent on interconnected industrial control systems, sensors, and cloud platforms, they become increasingly exposed to manipulation of temperature controls, ransomware, and sensor spoofing that can spoil large volumes of food and interrupt supply. Strengthening resilience now requires defence-in-depth measures, AI-driven detection, and recognition that cyber security has become a core pillar of food security itself in an age of advancing AI threats.

https://www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/...al-threat-humanity-age-ai