The Europe hack is one of the fastest-rising stories on Reddit right now. We found 47 threads in 9 different communities, starting at Nov 2, 09:03 UTC; r/worldnews, r/europe and r/technology carry most of the discussion. Together they have drawn about 77.6K upvotes and 12.6K comments. People are searching for it on Google too (“threat” in Google Trends for GB).
What the sources report
These are the reports Redditors are sharing most, in the outlets’ own words. We quote them rather than paraphrase, so nothing is lost or added.
- The Verge: Protesters break into Microsoft data center site in Amsterdam
Europe is witnessing a wave of protests against data centers.
- BBC News: Shop freezers in seven European countries hit by cyber-attack
The temperature of freezers in several shops across Europe reportedly rose to as high as 50C.
- DW: Germany's Merz doubts Russia wants Ukraine ceasefire, says European leaders must help shape peace
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz met with Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Berlin. Both leaders said the EU needs to be included in peace talks with Russia. Merz also expressed doubts that Russia is serious about seeking a truce.
- BBC News: Plane bomb threats: Multiple flights in Europe hit by 'malicious hoax threats' - UK minister
At least 15 flights have been affected on Thursday, following similar disruption on Tuesday. Some flights were escorted by military jets and diverted.
- Euronews: Poland warns: Don't negotiate with Russia over Eastern Europe's head
Poland has warned that Eastern Europe's security interests must not be sidelined in negotiations to end the war in Ukraine, as it pushes back against efforts to resume Russian gas imports.
- Tom's Hardware: Supermarket freezers across Europe struck in second crippling cyberattack
A second cyberattack has struck supermarket freezers across Europe.
Where Reddit is talking about it
| Community | Threads | Upvotes | Comments | First thread |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| r/worldnews | 21 | 32,776 | 4,557 | Nov 2, 12:42 UTC |
| r/europe | 12 | 18,802 | 3,451 | Nov 2, 09:03 UTC |
| r/technology | 3 | 17,982 | 2,809 | Nov 2, 11:01 UTC |
| r/news | 2 | 3,694 | 383 | Nov 2, 13:38 UTC |
| r/unitedkingdom | 4 | 866 | 664 | Nov 2, 16:50 UTC |
| r/Futurology | 1 | 1,066 | 406 | Nov 3, 14:28 UTC |
| r/soccer | 1 | 1,167 | 95 | Nov 8, 18:02 UTC |
| r/politics | 2 | 647 | 175 | Nov 3, 18:30 UTC |
| r/canada | 1 | 590 | 100 | Nov 4, 18:41 UTC |
The biggest threads
- Supermarket freezers across Europe struck in second crippling cyberattack — hackers raise temperatures to 50 degrees Celsius in Belgium and Sweden, destroying food stocksr/technology · 14,949 upvotes · 2,716 comments · Nov 2, 11:01 UTC · Tom's Hardware
- Trump says he and Putin are close to a deal about Ukraine and 'all of Europe'r/worldnews · 10,477 upvotes · 2,142 comments · Nov 6, 07:27 UTC · The Washington Post
- Trump says Europe gave Greenland to US as ‘greatest gift’ everr/worldnews · 9,724 upvotes · 1,274 comments · Nov 3, 18:13 UTC · politico.eu
- 'We cannot trust the US': The European lesson from America's midterm landslider/europe · 6,544 upvotes · 1,430 comments · Nov 4, 15:19 UTC · brusselstimes.com
- Pro-Russian hacker groups claim responsibility for attacks on refrigeration systems across Europer/europe · 4,964 upvotes · 464 comments · Nov 5, 08:04 UTC · swedenherald.com
- Russian President Vladimir Putin has no veto on European security matters and Ukraine must become fully integrated into European security architecture, says EU's foreign polic…r/worldnews · 3,948 upvotes · 55 comments · Nov 6, 22:20 UTC · Reuters
- Supermarket freezers across Europe struck in second crippling cyberattack — hackers raise temperatures to 50 degrees Celsius in Belgium and Sweden, destroying food stocksr/europe · 2,281 upvotes · 381 comments · Nov 2, 14:01 UTC · Tom's Hardware
- Protesters break into Microsoft data center site in Amsterdam / Europe is witnessing a wave of protests against data centers.r/technology · 2,746 upvotes · 88 comments · Nov 6, 11:57 UTC · The Verge
- Shop freezers in six European countries hit by suspected cyber-attackr/news · 2,080 upvotes · 336 comments · Nov 2, 13:38 UTC · BBC News
- Hackers Raise Supermarket Freezers to 55°C as Cyberattack Spreads Across Seven EU Countriesr/worldnews · 1,762 upvotes · 380 comments · Nov 2, 17:26 UTC · united24media.com
Timeline on Reddit
- First thread we found, in r/europe: “Cyberattack hits Delhaize supermarket fridges, freezers at dozens of Belgium locations”
- The story reaches r/technology: “Supermarket freezers across Europe struck in second crippling cyberattack — hackers raise temperatures to 50 degrees Ce…”
- The biggest thread so far is posted in r/technology (14,949 upvotes, 2,716 comments by our last count).
- First link to Sky News shared, in r/worldnews.
- The story reaches r/news: “Shop freezers in six European countries hit by suspected cyber-attack”
- The story reaches r/unitedkingdom: “British supermarkets on high alert as freezers across Europe hit by suspected cyber attack | LBC”
- Latest thread in our sample, in r/europe.
How this page is made
SubMouse watches dozens of large, safe-for-work subreddits and Google's trending searches. When several communities start talking about the same event at the same time, we group those threads into one story and publish this page, then refresh it while the story keeps rising. The counts are ours; everything said about the event itself is quoted and credited to the post or outlet it comes from. Claims in Reddit posts are unverified unless an outlet confirms them. Upvote and comment counts come from Reddit's public data via the Arctic Shift archive and can lag. Spotted a mistake? Tell us. Not affiliated with Reddit.