Cyberattack Hits Cooling Systems in European Supermarkets
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A cyberattack hit cooling systems at big stores in Belgium.
Cooling systems keep food cold in supermarkets. The attack caused problems with this cold equipment.
Similar attacks also happened in Europe. They reached stores in Italy too.
In Sicily, four Coop stores had damage from the attacks. Coop is a big supermarket company.
People want to know who did these hacks. They also want to know how to stop them.
Experts are looking at the problem now. They want to protect stores from more attacks.
No one has said who is behind the attacks yet. This is still a new story.
Vocabulary15 words
- cyberattack
- when someone uses a computer to attack or damage systems
- supermarkets
- big stores that sell food
- hacks
- attacks on computers by bad people
- cooling systems
- machines that make things cold
- damage
- harm done to something
- equipment
- machines used for a job
- experts
- people who know a lot about something
- protect
- to keep safe
- company
- a business
- problem
- something bad that needs fixing
- reached
- got to a place
- branches
- different locations of the same store
- behind
- the cause or reason for something
- systems
- groups of machines or parts that work together
- spread
- to move to more places
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1. Cooling systems in big stores 2. Sicily 3. Four
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A _____ hit cooling systems at big stores in Belgium.
Cooling systems keep food _____ in supermarkets. The attack caused problems with this cold equipment.
Similar attacks also happened in Europe. They reached stores in _____ too.
In Sicily, four _____ stores had damage from the attacks.
People want to know who did these _____. They also want to know how to stop them.
No one has said who is _____ the attacks yet.
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