'All this food is now useless': Piles of rubbish after shop freezers hit by cyber-attack
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Dozens of supermarkets in seven European countries dumped huge quantities of food after refrigerators and freezers were targeted in a cyber-attack.
Directly affected
- No company is named in this report.
Indirectly affected
- VGK Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF
Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF holds stocks listed in Europe, which this story is about (“european”).
- EFA iShares MSCI EAFE ETF-0.7% 6d
iShares MSCI EAFE ETF is a broad fund of developed-market stocks that includes Europe, which this story is about.
- FEZ SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF-1.8% 5d
SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF holds stocks listed in Europe, which this story is about (“european”).
Price reaction, T-5 to T+3
| Ticker | T-5 | T-3 | T-1 | T0 | T+1 | T+2 | T+3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VGK | -1.12% | -0.25% | base | +0.59% | +0.05% | +2.96% | +0.96% |
| EFA | -0.43% | +0.34% | base | +0.33% | -0.25% | +2.29% | -0.65% |
| FEZ | -0.43% | +0.81% | base | +0.58% | +0.32% | +3.67% | +1.40% |
Closing-price change versus T-1, the last close before the story. T0 to T+3 fill in after each market close. Prices: Alpaca IEX.
Dozens of supermarkets in seven European countries dumped huge quantities of food after refrigerators and freezers were targeted in a cyber-attack.
Source: BBC
Defense
| Company | When | Move | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| EFA | that day | +0.33% | final price |
| EFA | the next day | -0.25% | final price |
| EFA | two days later | +2.29% | final price |
| EFA | three days later | -0.65% | final price |
| EFA | three days earlier | +0.34% | final price |
| EFA | five days earlier | -0.43% | final price |
| FEZ | that day | +0.58% | final price |
| FEZ | the next day | +0.32% | final price |
| FEZ | two days later | +3.67% | final price |
| FEZ | three days later | +1.40% | final price |
| FEZ | three days earlier | +0.81% | final price |
| FEZ | five days earlier | -0.43% | final price |
| VGK | that day | +0.59% | final price |
| VGK | the next day | +0.05% | final price |
| VGK | two days later | +2.96% | final price |
| VGK | three days later | +0.96% | final price |
| VGK | three days earlier | -0.25% | final price |
| VGK | five days earlier | -1.12% | final price |
Defense
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How solid the defense case looks
12 out of 100
“'All this food is now useless': Piles of rubbish after shop freezers hit by cyber-attack” scores 12 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources.