Claims extracted
14
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
7%
1 of 14 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
68/100
BBC News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
24
Technology
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
- Published
After hackers targeted refrigeration systems in supermarkets and food suppliers across Europe, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) says it is aware of "a couple of instances where vulnerable technology had been exploited in the UK".
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technology → publish → UK
The NCSC's chief executive Dr Richard Horne told the Today programme, on BBC Radio Four, that it had "worked through the night" to alert potentially affected organisations in the UK.
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it → tell → UK
He said it had alerted "handfuls" of bodies, and that it was aware of a "couple of impacts".
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it → say → impacts
It comes after supermarkets in countries including Ireland, Sweden, Estonia, and Belgium reported fridges being hiked in temperature on Monday.
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fridges → come → Monday
The events followed attacks targeting supermarkets and food suppliers across France in early October.
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events → follow → October
Hundreds of stores were targeted by the overnight hack, which spoiled fresh and frozen food estimated to be worth millions of euros.
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which → target → euros
Those attacks exploited vulnerabilities in some systems used to remotely control and manage cold refrigeration units that had been surfaced by cyber-security researchers months prior.
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that → exploit → researchers
Horne told the BBC on Tuesday that it was still "too early to say" who was behind the hacks.
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who → tell → hacks
But he said it pointed to an urgent need for organisations and businesses to ensure the technology underpinning a whole range of applications we use and need daily was secure and up-to-date.
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we → say → applications
"That technology base we rely on as a society has not been invested on to the extent it needs to be," Horne said, noting many firms had extended systems beyond their end of life, not upgraded them nor kept them in secure compartments disconnected from the internet.
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firms → rely → internet
Such actions can create vulnerabilities that many cyber-security experts say amounts to low-hanging fruit for hackers, and can be easily exploited.
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experts → create → hackers
But the UK's cyber chief said that they could be found and exploited more quickly and easily via "AI in the hands of our adversaries".
uncertain
they → say → adversaries
"We do need all organisations to look at what they rely on, to invest in renewal," he said.
"We intervene where we can.
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we → need → renewal
You need to make the choice and choose wisely."
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You → need → choice
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