The Europe hack is one of the fastest-rising stories on Reddit right now. We found 8 threads in 5 different communities, starting at Nov 2, 11:01 UTC; r/technology, r/worldnews and r/europe carry most of the discussion. Together they have drawn about 20.2K upvotes and 3.9K comments.
What the sources report
These are the reports Redditors are sharing most, in the outlets’ own words. We quote them rather than paraphrase, so nothing is lost or added.
- Tom's Hardware: Supermarket freezers across Europe struck in second crippling cyberattack
A second cyberattack has struck supermarket freezers across Europe.
- BBC News: Shop freezers in seven European countries hit by cyber-attack
The temperature of freezers in several shops across Europe reportedly rose to as high as 50C.
Where Reddit is talking about it
| Community | Threads | Upvotes | Comments | First thread |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| r/technology | 1 | 14,949 | 2,716 | Nov 2, 11:01 UTC |
| r/worldnews | 4 | 1,575 | 408 | Nov 2, 12:42 UTC |
| r/europe | 1 | 1,722 | 304 | Nov 2, 14:01 UTC |
| r/news | 1 | 1,596 | 236 | Nov 2, 13:38 UTC |
| r/unitedkingdom ↗ | 1 | 377 | 268 | Nov 2, 16:50 UTC |
The biggest threads
- Supermarket freezers across Europe struck in second crippling cyberattack — hackers raise temperatures to 50 degrees Celsius in Belgium and Sweden, destroying food stocksr/technology · 14,949 upvotes · 2,716 comments · Nov 2, 11:01 UTC · Tom's Hardware
- Supermarket freezers across Europe struck in second crippling cyberattack — hackers raise temperatures to 50 degrees Celsius in Belgium and Sweden, destroying food stocksr/europe · 1,722 upvotes · 304 comments · Nov 2, 14:01 UTC · Tom's Hardware
- Shop freezers in six European countries hit by suspected cyber-attackr/news · 1,596 upvotes · 236 comments · Nov 2, 13:38 UTC · BBC News
- Hackers Raise Supermarket Freezers to 55°C as Cyberattack Spreads Across Seven EU Countriesr/worldnews · 1,058 upvotes · 244 comments · Nov 2, 17:26 UTC · united24media.com
- British supermarkets on high alert as freezers across Europe hit by suspected cyber attack | LBCr/unitedkingdom · 377 upvotes · 268 comments · Nov 2, 16:50 UTC · lbc.co.uk
- Hackers target refrigerators in Ireland and European countries in new wave of cyber attacksr/worldnews · 387 upvotes · 128 comments · Nov 2, 12:42 UTC · Sky News
- Shop freezers in seven European countries hit by cyber-attackr/worldnews · 129 upvotes · 36 comments · Nov 2, 21:48 UTC · BBC News
- Fridge cyberattack hits supermarkets across Europer/worldnews · 1 upvotes · 0 comments · Nov 3, 00:59 UTC · channelnewsasia.com
Timeline on Reddit
- First thread we found, in r/technology: “Supermarket freezers across Europe struck in second crippling cyberattack — hackers raise temperatures to 50 degrees Celsius in Belgium and Sweden, d…”
- The biggest thread so far is posted in r/technology (14,949 upvotes, 2,716 comments by our last count).
- First link to Sky News shared, in r/worldnews.
- The story reaches r/news: “Shop freezers in six European countries hit by suspected cyber-attack”
- The story reaches r/europe: “Supermarket freezers across Europe struck in second crippling cyberattack — hackers raise temperatures to 50 degrees Ce…”
- The story reaches r/unitedkingdom ↗: “British supermarkets on high alert as freezers across Europe hit by suspected cyber attack | LBC”
- Latest thread in our sample, in r/worldnews.
How this page is made
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