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Fridge cyberattack hits supermarkets across Europe

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11 parts of the world write · more than usual: Europe

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How it was told

The most unlike headlines from different parts of the world — the outlets’ own words.

What different parts of the world single out

From the articles' texts: the share of each part of the world's texts that say it (a reprint of one text counts once). Only differences chance does not explain are shown.

  • «European supermarket fridges are under cyberattack once again, with stores across a vast swathe of the continent from Sweden to Belgium hit by a hack on Monday that turned up their temperatures, echoing an incident in France just last month.»

    SCMP

    Russia 4 of 17 texts, the rest — 38 of 50

  • «An Ikea Belgium spokeswoman likewise said its store in southwestern Mons was hit by a cyberattack, causing freezer temperatures to rise suddenly in the early hours of Monday.»

    Channel NewsAsia

    Asia and Oceania 4 of 8 texts, the rest — 2 of 56

  • «Stores had to discard vast quantities of fresh meat, dairy and frozen products, with many suffering losses ranging from tens of thousands of euros to more than €130,000 (£109,000).»

    MK

    Belarus, the Caucasus and Central Asia 3 of 6 texts, the rest — 2 of 58

  • «According to reports, last night problems also arose in a number of stores of the Swedish supermarket chain ICA.»

    News.am (Armeniya) · in translation

    Belarus, the Caucasus and Central Asia 3 of 6 texts, the rest — 3 of 58

How the story spread

each bar — 3 hours
Africa Asia and Oceania Canada China Belarus, the Caucasus and Central Asia Europe Middle East Russia Russian-language media abroad Ukraine USA

Who wrote first

  1. Asia and Oceania ABC News (Australia)
  2. Europe ERR News (Estonia)
  3. Belarus, the Caucasus and Central Asia Report.az (Azerbaydzhan)
  4. Middle East Anadolu Agency
  5. Russia MK
  6. Africa MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
  7. Canada The Globe and Mail
  8. Russian-language media abroad Meduza
  9. USA CBS News
  10. Ukraine Zerkalo nedeli
  11. China Xinhua

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