The European Union Cybersecurity Agency (ENISA) has warned that household appliances can become targets for cyberattacks after recent attacks on refrigeration systems in European supermarkets.
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10/11/2026
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Lusa
A European Union Cybersecurity Agency (ENISA) today warned that household appliances may become the next targets of cyberattacks after computer piracy actions have recently affected supermarket cooling systems in European countries.
“ Security should not and should not be relegated to the background,” said ENISA Executive Director Juhan Lepassaar in an interview with France-Presse (AFP).
“ Today were the refrigerators, tomorrow could be the ‘routers’ and the day after tomorrow the household appliances, and so on”, warned the responsible.
The warning comes after a cyber attack, which took place on 11 and 12 October, affected about 700 distribution chain facilities in France, compromising the remote temperature control systems of refrigerated equipment and causing damage, loss of goods and fires.
On Monday, the French Government held the Iranian Revolutionary Guard responsible for cyberattacks and announced its intention to promote European-wide sanctions against the Tehran regime.
The French executive also summoned the Iranian ambassador to Paris.
Iran today rejected the charges, classifying them as “unfounded” and “partial”.
The growing connection of domestic and industrial equipment to the Internet poses new challenges to cybersecurity, as vulnerabilities in remote control systems can allow hacking and compromise the functioning of devices used in everyday life.