A cyberattack on supermarket fridges, bomb threats to planes and software vulnerabilities have Europe on edge as government officials encourage resilience and stockpiling.
Multiple flights in Europe were disrupted and several newsrooms in Ireland were evacuated after false bomb threats, the latest of a series of security incidents.
Bomb threats have disrupted dozens of flights in Europe over the past week. At airports in Rome, Madrid and Warsaw, travelers were more frustrated than fearful.
A plane operated by Wizz Air at a Budapest airport on Monday. The flight from London, originally bound for Sofia, Bulgaria, was diverted after a bomb threat.
Passengers recounted landing at a military base and being subjected to security checks and travel delays after threats that turned out to be hoaxes affected planes in Italy, Poland and Spain.
A top adviser to President Javier Milei of Argentina met FlΓ‘vio Bolsonaro, the defeated Brazilian presidential candidate, at an Argentine airport, three people involved in the operation said.
More threats were reported Friday after dozens of planes were targeted earlier this week. Officials have not reported finding any explosives, but the hoaxes have added to anxiety over hybrid attacks on the continent.
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