It was as though(仿佛，好像) a ghostly(幽灵般的，诡异的) hand had switched the settings on supermarket freezers across Europe from “freeze” to “defrost”. From Finland to Ireland, they suddenly began heating up, many reaching 50C and food worth millions of euros had to be thrown away. But no actual hand was needed to cause the meltdown(崩溃，瘫痪). This was a cyber-attack, or rather(更准确地说) a chain of(一连串的) attacks. Like pretty much everything else in 2026, supermarket freezers are digitally enabled(数字化的，具备数字功能的). That makes them smarter and more efficient, but like everything else that is connected to the internet, it also makes them more vulnerable.(这使它们更智能、更高效，但就像所有联网设备一样，这也让它们更加脆弱。)
仿佛有一只幽灵之手，把欧洲各地超市冰柜的设置从“冷冻”拨到了“解冻”。从芬兰到爱尔兰，冰柜突然开始升温，许多达到50摄氏度，价值数百万欧元的食品不得不被丢弃。但这场瘫痪并不需要任何真实的手来触发。这是一次网络攻击，更准确地说，是一连串攻击。与2026年的几乎所有事物一样，超市冰柜已经数字化。这使它们更智能、更高效，但就像所有联网设备一样，这也让它们更加脆弱。
Russian hacktivist(黑客活动分子)s claimed they were behind(是……的幕后主使) some of the supermarket sabotage(蓄意破坏), but no one knows for sure. It could also be Iran, Iranian proxies, North Korea – or unaffiliated(无隶属关系的，独立的) bedroom hackers(卧室黑客，单打独斗的黑客). When Transport for London suffered a devastating(毁灭性的) hack two years ago, the culprit(肇事者，罪犯)s turned out to be two British teenagers. Governments regularly warn retailers and other companies about cyber-attacks and even provide cyber-defence training to businesses. The lessons of costly ransomware(勒索软件) and cyber-attacks also mean many big organisations and retailers have become much better at keeping their payments and logistics(物流) systems safe.
俄罗斯黑客活动分子声称，部分超市破坏事件是他们所为，但无人能确定。也可能是伊朗、伊朗代理人、朝鲜——或者与任何组织无关的“卧室黑客”。两年前伦敦交通局遭遇毁灭性黑客攻击，结果肇事者竟是两名英国青少年。各国政府定期警告零售商和其他公司防范网络攻击，甚至为企业提供网络防御培训。代价高昂的勒索软件和网络攻击带来的教训，也意味着许多大型组织和零售商在保护支付和物流系统安全方面已大有进步。
But freezers present a new vulnerability(脆弱性，漏洞). In Sweden, for example, some of the stores that were attacked this week hadn’t connected their freezers to national retailers’ systems, which have centralised protection(集中防护). Now they’ve learned their lesson the hard way.
但冰柜带来了新的脆弱性。例如在瑞典，本周遭到攻击的一些商店没有把冰柜接入全国零售商的系统，而这些系统拥有集中防护。如今他们以惨痛的方式吸取了教训。