Potret Kulkas Supermarket di Eropa yang Mendadak Panas Imbas Diserang Hacker

Empty freezers in a store where a cyberattack has taken down several of its freezers in Stockholm, Sweden, November 2, 2026. REUTERS/Marie Mannes

Pada Senin (2/11), kulkas dan freezer supermarket di Swedia, Swiss, Irlandia, Belgia, Luksemburg, Belanda, serta Estonia mendadak jadi panas akibat serangan siber. Di Belgia misalnya, evaporator pada kulkas dan freezer dialihkan ke mode pencairan es atau defrost. Foto: REUTERS/Marie Mannes

FILE PHOTO: An employee fills boxes of perished goods outside an Intermarche supermarket in Paris the day after a cyberattack targeted refrigeration systems at French supermarket chains, causing food losses and fires at several stores, France, October 13, 2026. REUTERS/Lucien Libert/File Photo

Perancis bahkan lebih dulu mendapat serangan siber pada kulkas dan freezer supermarket pada bulan lalu. Hal itu mengakibatkan petugas ritel membuang makanan karena tidak layak konsumsi. Foto: REUTERS/Lucien Libert

View of empty refrigerators at the frozen food aisle inside an Intermarche supermarket in Paris the day after a cyberattack targeted refrigeration systems at French supermarket chains, causing food losses and fires at several stores, France, October 13, 2026. REUTERS/Lucien Libert

Bahkan di beberapa gerai di Perancis, kenaikan suhu yang ekstrem memicu kebakaran, yang kemudian mengaktifkan sistem penyiram air (sprinkler) dan menyebabkan kerusakan akibat air. Foto: REUTERS/Lucien Libert

An empty refrigerator at a SuperValu supermarket. Ireland's third-largest supermarket chain, SuperValu, said on Monday that refrigeration systems limited to a specific model in 13 of its 223 stores have been affected by a cyber incident, with chilled and frozen products removed from sale, in Dublin, Ireland, November 2, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer

Kulkas dan freezer supermarket bisa mendapat serangan siber karena terhubung ke internet, tidak hanya sambungan listrik. Foto: REUTERS/Stringer

An almost empty shelf with two signs informing customers that some chilled and frozen products are temporarily unavailable due to a technical issue at a SuperValu store in Blanchardstown, Dublin, Ireland, November 2, 2026. Ireland's third-largest supermarket chain, SuperValu, said on Monday that refrigeration systems limited to a specific model in 13 of its 223 stores have been affected by a cyber incident, with chilled and frozen products removed from sale. REUTERS/Natalia Campos

Berbeda dengan komputer atau handphone yang sering mendapat imbauan untuk update software yang berisi perbaikan (patch) supaya tetap aman, software pada peralatan seperti kulkas sering kali dibiarkan dalam waktu lama. Foto: REUTERS/Natalia Campos

Freezers are emptied, and frozen goods are loaded into shopping carts to be thrown away at ICA Kvantum in Sjobo, Sweden November 2, 2026, after a hacker attack raised the temperature in the freezers to 50 degrees Celcius. Johan Nilsson/TT News Agency/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. SWEDEN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SWEDEN. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

Dilansir dari The Guardian, Menurut direktur operasi siber di perusahaan keamanan siber Bitdefender, Nick Jackson, salah satu alasan perusahaan lambat untuk melakukan update karena prosesnya yang lama. Mesin-mesin kulkas dan freezer harus tidak beroperasi yang bisa menjadi masalah untuk peritel makanan. Foto: via REUTERS/Johan Nilsson / TT

An employee works on empty freezers in a store where a cyberattack has taken down several of its freezers in Stockholm, Sweden, November 2, 2026. REUTERS/Marie Mannes

Tak hanya itu, bisa juga pengelola lemari pendingin tersebut tidak menyadari masalah ini. Mereka menganggap pembaruan itu bukan prioritas utama. Foto: REUTERS/Marie Mannes