Hackers turned ICA and Coop freezers into ovens overnight, and the way in was a supplier's login, not the stores themselves. The first I heard of it was a news alert on a Monday morning in early November. Here in Stockholm, life looked normal. My local supermarket had the same humming freezers, the same frost on the glass, the same overpriced ice cream I always tell myself not to buy. But the headlines described stores in Skåne and Öland that had opened to freezers reading 50 degrees and staff throwing out trolleys of spoiled food. I was surprised. I had filed this kind of attack under things that happen elsewhere, in France, not here. One night proved me wrong, and reminded me that being spared this time is not the same as being prepared. The news. Overnight into Monday 2 November, refrigeration and freezer systems at ICA and Coop stores across Sweden were manipulated. One store manager told SVT the system had been switched to defrost mode. At ICA Kvantum in Sjöbo, food worth ...