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Supermarket freezers across Europe hit by second suspected cyber-attack

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Supermarket freezers across Europe hit by second suspected cyber-attack

Chains in seven countries say cooling unit temperatures rose overnight in incident similar to hack of French stores

Directly affected

  • No company is named in this report.

Indirectly affected

  • CIBR First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF+6.1% 30d

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

  • VGK Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF

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

  • EWQ iShares MSCI France ETF-0.5% 6d

    iShares MSCI France ETF holds stocks listed in France, which this story is about (“french”).

  • CRWD CrowdStrike Holdings-10.6% 7d

    CrowdStrike Holdings (prepackaged software): hacks and breaches raise demand for security software. Linked by “hack” (cybersecurity) in this story.

  • PANW Palo Alto Networks-10.7% 30d

    Palo Alto Networks (computer peripheral equipment): hacks and breaches raise demand for security software. Linked by “hack” (cybersecurity) in this story.

  • FTNT Fortinet-28.4% 30d

    Fortinet (computer peripheral equipment): hacks and breaches raise demand for security software. Linked by “hack” (cybersecurity) in this story.

Price reaction, T-5 to T+3

TickerT-5T-3T-1T0T+1T+2T+3
CIBR+7.38%+6.85%base-4.22%-3.71%-3.58%-9.87%
VGK-1.12%-0.25%base+0.59%+0.05%+2.96%+0.96%
EWQ-1.76%-1.02%base+1.09%+0.67%+3.81%+2.69%
CRWD+4.57%+6.52%base-3.44%-2.30%-2.63%-13.43%
PANW+6.71%+7.77%base-3.96%-4.34%-4.90%-13.95%
FTNT+34.78%+28.07%base-7.23%-5.82%-4.88%-9.95%

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.

Chains in Sweden, Belgium and Luxembourg said fridge temperatures rose overnight, similar to hack that hit French stores in October Supermarket chains in Sweden, Belgium and Luxembourg have said the temperatures of their refrigerators and…

Source: The Guardian

Defense

CompanyWhenMoveStatus
CIBRthat day-4.22%final price
CIBRthe next day-3.71%final price
CIBRtwo days later-3.58%final price
CIBRthree days later-9.87%final price
CIBRthree days earlier+6.85%final price
CIBRfive days earlier+7.38%final price
CRWDthat day-3.44%final price
CRWDthe next day-2.30%final price
CRWDtwo days later-2.63%final price
CRWDthree days later-13.43%final price
CRWDthree days earlier+6.52%final price
CRWDfive days earlier+4.57%final price
EWQthat day+1.09%final price
EWQthe next day+0.67%final price
EWQtwo days later+3.81%final price
EWQthree days later+2.69%final price
EWQthree days earlier-1.02%final price
EWQfive days earlier-1.76%final price
FTNTthat day-7.23%final price
FTNTthe next day-5.82%final price
FTNTtwo days later-4.88%final price
FTNTthree days later-9.95%final price
FTNTthree days earlier+28.07%final price
FTNTfive days earlier+34.78%final price
PANWthat day-3.96%final price
PANWthe next day-4.34%final price
PANWtwo days later-4.90%final price
PANWthree days later-13.95%final price
PANWthree days earlier+7.77%final price
PANWfive days earlier+6.71%final price
VGKthat day+0.59%final price
VGKthe next day+0.05%final price
VGKtwo days later+2.96%final price
VGKthree days later+0.96%final price
VGKthree days earlier-0.25%final price
VGKfive days earlier-1.12%final price

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How solid the defense case looks

12 out of 100

“Supermarket freezers across Europe hit by second suspected cyber-attack” scores 12 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources.