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Three UK meat suppliers and a wholesaler report attacks on refrigeration controllers; NCSC says national impact is minimal

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The Association of Independent Meat Suppliers said three of its members reported attacks on their refrigeration controllers, and the wholesaler Langridge Organic said it was also attacked, The Record reported on 3 November. NCSC chief executive Richard Horne said the impact at national level is minimal but enormous for a business that is hit. The Record placed the European wave in the early hours of Monday 2 November and gave no separate time for the UK attacks; no attacker was named.

When: 2 November 2026
Where: United Kingdom, the UK
What: cyber, food supply
Attribution: Not attributed. The NCSC and the affected firms named no attacker.
In the record: Published 2026-11-09 22:52 UTC · changed 1 time since · backfilled

Sources

Evidence The Record Media · Not yet classified origin: Association of Independent Meat Suppliers, Langridge Organic and NCSC statements, 3 Nov · published 2026-11-03 00:00 UTC
Corroboration ITV News Media · Not yet classified origin: ITV News reporting, 3 Nov · published 2026-11-03 00:00 UTC

History

First recorded 9 Nov, 22:52 UTC, as reported (one origin only).
10 Nov, 19:23 UTC: basis for the status changed from one origin only to origins from one side only. Daily record, window 2026-11-10T12Z: a later window added citations or corrected the record; checked again against the one rule

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The War Record, "Three UK meat suppliers and a wholesaler report attacks on refrigeration controllers; NCSC says national impact is minimal", record ev-20261109-jdfb, version 2, https://thewarrecord.com/events/ev-20261109-jdfb/

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