Hacked blood banks, breached supermarket fridges and plane bomb hoaxes: What’s going on in Europe?

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After a week in which several European sectors were thrown into disarray, how concerned should the continent be of hybrid warfare by hostile adversaries? Alex Croft reports

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Europe is on high alert after a fresh wave of cyber attacks, online hoaxes and bomb scares brought major disruption this week, causing tens of millions of euros in estimated losses.

Dozens of flights across Europe were paralysed by threats, forcing diversions and partial airport closures as explosives disposal teams and sniffer dogs searched each aircraft identified.

Freezers in parts of the UK and Europe were hit by a suspected hack that saw internal temperatures rise dramatically, spoiling huge amounts of food.

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