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Freezers of UK meat suppliers heat up after cyber-attacks in Europe

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DEFENSEFreezers of UK meat suppliers heatup after cyber-attacks in EuropeGEOPOLITICS ALPHA

Cybersecurity experts say incidents had minimal effect but may represent the ‘foothills’ of a wider threat Meat suppliers in the UK have been hit by cyber-attacks after hackers raised the temperatures of supermarket freezers across Europe. The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre said it was working with the affected companies but the national impact was minimal. Continue reading...

Directly affected

  • No company is named in this report.

Indirectly affected

  • DBA Invesco DB Agriculture Fund-6.1% 30d

    Invesco DB Agriculture Fund: it holds farm and agribusiness assets. Linked by “meat” (meat and livestock) in this story.

  • MOO VanEck Agribusiness ETF-2.2% 30d

    VanEck Agribusiness ETF: it holds farm and agribusiness assets. Linked by “meat” (meat and livestock) in this story.

  • CIBR First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF+3.7% 30d

    First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF: it holds cybersecurity firms. Linked by “hackers” (cybersecurity) in this story.

  • EWU iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF-0.6% 15d

    iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF holds stocks listed in the UK, which this story is about (“uk”).

  • VGK Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF

    Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF holds stocks listed in Europe, which this story is about (“europe”).

  • TSN Tyson Foods+10.9% 30d

    Tyson Foods (poultry slaughtering and processing): meat, farm and animal-health firms move with cattle prices and meat trade rules. Linked by “meat” (meat and livestock) in this story.

  • DE Deere+0.1% 30d

    Deere (farm machinery and equipment): meat, farm and animal-health firms move with cattle prices and meat trade rules. Linked by “meat” (meat and livestock) in this story.

  • ZTS Zoetis+22.0% 30d

    Zoetis (pharmaceutical preparations): meat, farm and animal-health firms move with cattle prices and meat trade rules. Linked by “meat” (meat and livestock) in this story.

Price reaction, T-5 to T+3

TickerT-5T-3T-1T0T+1T+2T+3
DBA+2.24%+1.36%base-0.90%-1.19%-2.39%-2.54%
MOO-1.89%-1.93%base-0.69%+1.52%+0.23%-0.29%
CIBR+13.33%+8.53%base+0.54%+0.67%-5.90%-5.81%
EWU-1.83%-0.75%base-1.57%+1.83%-0.31%-1.69%
VGK-1.15%+0.07%base-0.55%+2.35%+0.36%-0.87%
TSN-2.35%-1.45%base-0.21%+5.15%+5.33%+4.57%
DE-4.18%-1.10%base-0.24%+1.17%-0.43%+0.86%
ZTS-5.95%-5.27%base-0.22%+7.21%-1.22%-4.51%

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.

Cybersecurity experts say incidents had minimal effect but may represent the ‘foothills’ of a wider threat Meat suppliers in the UK have been hit by cyber-attacks after hackers raised the temperatures of supermarket freezers across Europe.…

Source: The Guardian

Defense

CompanyWhenMoveStatus
CIBRthat day+0.54%final price
CIBRthe next day+0.67%final price
CIBRtwo days later-5.90%final price
CIBRthree days later-5.81%final price
CIBRthree days earlier+8.53%final price
CIBRfive days earlier+13.33%final price
DBAthat day-0.90%final price
DBAthe next day-1.19%final price
DBAtwo days later-2.39%final price
DBAthree days later-2.54%final price
DBAthree days earlier+1.36%final price
DBAfive days earlier+2.24%final price
DEthat day-0.24%final price
DEthe next day+1.17%final price
DEtwo days later-0.43%final price
DEthree days later+0.86%final price
DEthree days earlier-1.10%final price
DEfive days earlier-4.18%final price
EWUthat day-1.57%final price
EWUthe next day+1.83%final price
EWUtwo days later-0.31%final price
EWUthree days later-1.69%final price
EWUthree days earlier-0.75%final price
EWUfive days earlier-1.83%final price
MOOthat day-0.69%final price
MOOthe next day+1.52%final price
MOOtwo days later+0.23%final price
MOOthree days later-0.29%final price
MOOthree days earlier-1.93%final price
MOOfive days earlier-1.89%final price
TSNthat day-0.21%final price
TSNthe next day+5.15%final price
TSNtwo days later+5.33%final price
TSNthree days later+4.57%final price
TSNthree days earlier-1.45%final price
TSNfive days earlier-2.35%final price
VGKthat day-0.55%final price
VGKthe next day+2.35%final price
VGKtwo days later+0.36%final price
VGKthree days later-0.87%final price
VGKthree days earlier+0.07%final price
VGKfive days earlier-1.15%final price
ZTSthat day-0.22%final price
ZTSthe next day+7.21%final price
ZTStwo days later-1.22%final price
ZTSthree days later-4.51%final price
ZTSthree days earlier-5.27%final price
ZTSfive days earlier-5.95%final price

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How solid the defense case looks

12 out of 100

“Freezers of UK meat suppliers heat up after cyber-attacks in Europe” scores 12 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources.