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Planting rose bushes against cyberattacks on supermarkets

Original in Spanish: Poner rosales contra los ciberataques en los supermercados

Told by 4 newspapers in 3 countries, between 23:00 and 00:00 on 5 November 2026.

In this story

Iran

AI-generated illustration, with the label burned into the image: a supermarket checkout with the card terminal and barcode scanner idle, a screen showing a computer cut off from the internet and an orange warning light on top, with shelves of products behind. It is not a photograph. — **AI-generated illustration** · illustrative scene of a cyberattack on supermarkets; does not show an affected store or an actual event · Image credits

In short

According to Expresso, hackers linked to Iran are suspected of cyberattacks on supermarket refrigeration systems.1 Colombia's Semana describes the attacks as targeting fridges and freezers at widely known supermarkets worldwide.2

AIMade at 17:06, only from the headlines. Each number links to the source headline. Written when the story had 3 newspapers; it is redone when new newspapers join. How it is made

Compare the papers

What newspapers from several countries agree on, where the accounts differ and who is involved, so each reader can draw their own conclusions.

Common ground

According to Spanish and Colombian newspapers, supermarkets in several countries were targeted by cyberattacks that affected refrigeration equipment such as freezers and fridges.1 22 newspapers from 2 countries

Where accounts differ

ABC frames these attacks within a week of cyberattacks in Europe that also includes airplanes, blood banks and media outlets, while El País and Semana focus mainly on supermarkets.1 2 3

AIMade at 00:26 from 3 headlines from 2 countries. Each number links to the source. Rules

The headlines, side by side

Each headline is the original, as the newspaper published it, in the order it arrived. The selection follows the public grouping rule, with no AI.

Highlighted words are used only by that newspaper, among the headlines in the same language. They show what each one chose to stress.

Expresso · Portugal · 23:00Hackers do Irão suspeitos de ciberataques a sistemas de refrigeração de supermercadosRead at the newspaper ↗
El País · Spain · 05:00Poner rosales contra los ciberataques en los supermercadosRead at the newspaper ↗
Semana · Colombia · 16:55Qué hay detrás de los ciberataques a neveras y congeladores de los supermercados más reconocidos del mundoRead at the newspaper ↗
ABC · Spain · 00:16Aviones, bancos de sangre, supermercados y medios: una semana bajo ciberataques en EuropaRead at the newspaper ↗

Words in common

supermercados
ciberataques
reconocidos
sangre