Re:Supermarket freezers across Europe hit by second suspecte...
by toss1 on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @09:55AM
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No question, it'll be hard to convince most people of how big a deal it really is.
It is the same with almost every systemic problem that seems small now but is cumulative and/or exponential.
And for sure, if it is a few stores, it is just an expensive prank. But scale it to the size of a nation or region in a country with a largely just-in-time food supply, and you're a week away from food riots, particularly if it is combined with other attacks, e.g., on the electrical and distribution system. Not a shot fired, and the country is in chaos in a week. Because no one bothered to harden the systems that seem trivial but are critical at scale.
It is the same with almost every systemic problem that seems small now but is cumulative and/or exponential.
And for sure, if it is a few stores, it is just an expensive prank. But scale it to the size of a nation or region in a country with a largely just-in-time food supply, and you're a week away from food riots, particularly if it is combined with other attacks, e.g., on the electrical and distribution system. Not a shot fired, and the country is in chaos in a week. Because no one bothered to harden the systems that seem trivial but are critical at scale.