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Ukraine and Russia say emergency air-raid warning systems hit by cyber-hacks – Europe live
In Ukraine, the app started to send out alarming fake messages late on Sunday night Another hacking threat has appeared to resurface again: Supermarket operators across Sweden, Belgium and Luxembourg are reporting that the temperatures in their freezers were raised overnight , leading to huge quantities of spoiled food and other damage. We saw this sort of attack affect French supermarkets en masse last month – where the fridges and freezers in hundreds of supermarchés were hacked and had their internal temperatures raised. Continue reading...
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Ryanair says it may freeze workers' pay and raise airfares
The airline says fuel prices may rise by €2bn in 2028 unless there is an end to the US-Israel war with Iran.
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Supermarket freezers in Belgium and Sweden hit by suspected cyber-attack
Chains in Sweden, Belgium and Luxembourg say fridge temperatures rose overnight, similar to hack of French stores Supermarket chains in Sweden, Belgium and Luxembourg have said the temperatures of their refrigerators and freezers in dozens of stores rose overnight, prompting fears of a cyber-attack similar to one that caused millions of euros of food losses in France. Sweden’s Coop chain told the daily Aftonbladet on Monday that six of its stores had been affected, while ICA said it was “aware that a limited number of stores were affected by an incident overnight which impacted their refrigeration and freezer systems”. Continue reading...
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Hackers send fake nuclear threat alert to Ukraine emergency app
Residents in Kyiv also warned of chemical attack and street-to-street fighting in false message sent by unknown party Europe live – latest updates Unknown hackers have targeted Ukraine’s nationwide emergency alert mobile app, sending residents in Kyiv a warning that they were at risk of an imminent nuclear strike. The app reported a high possibility of nuclear radiation late on Sunday. It also wrongly warned of a chemical threat to the Ukrainian capital and street-to-street fighting. The messages were written in English with spelling mistakes, as well as in Ukrainian. Continue reading...
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Europe could face colder weather as polar vortex weakens
Disruption to winds above Arctic threatens to alter weather patterns across parts of continent in coming weeks The stratospheric polar vortex over the northern hemisphere is facing the prospect of an unusually early weakening. Forecast models suggest it could weaken significantly over the next 10 days, when it would typically be strengthening. A major sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) event is possible. This could influence weather patterns in the following weeks, increasing the likelihood of persistent areas of high pressure across the mid-latitudes and colder conditions weeks later. Continue reading...
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Five arrested after South African farmer shot and tortured
The attack on Donovan Marx, 50, comes as right-wing groups say there is a genocide of white people - a claim widely discredited.