Devices and control systems: Bakery and confectionery, Germany 2025
Attackers hijacked the central server used to control the screens in more than 100 bakery branches, including all 108 locations of Heidebäckerei Meyer.
- Incident · 07.2025 · Lower Saxony (including Hildesheim), Germany
- Evidence: confirmed by an authority
- Devices and control systems
As of
What happened
Instead of prices, pro-Iranian messages appeared, and in some branches screams and gunshots could be heard. There was no ransom demand; the police are investigating after a complaint by Bäckerei Engelke.
- Affected
- Heidebäckerei Meyer and Bäckerei Engelke
- Industry
- Bakery and confectionery
- Loss
- no reliable figure
- Business interruption
- unknown
- Ransom demanded / paid
- no / no
- Data affected
- unknown
- Bankruptcy
- no
- Entry point
- Central server that controls the digital price displays in the branches
What would cyber insurance have paid?
That depends on the terms. Whether those affected were insured: unknown.
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Loss of income because customers stay away after the incident
Mostly no information 1 of 9 business products cover it fully, as an add-on or with limits.
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Costs of getting data, software and systems running again
Mostly covered 6 of 9 business products cover it fully, as an add-on or with limits.
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Immediate help in an emergency
Hotline, IT forensics, crisis PR and legal advice
Mostly covered 7 of 9 business products cover it fully, as an add-on or with limits.
Overview based on public policy terms, as of 06.11.2026. Only your policy and its general terms and conditions (GTC) are binding. No confirmation of cover.
What we can learn
Screens, tills and other networked devices in the shop are also an attack surface and belong within IT security.
Sources
- Anzeigensysteme gekapert: Hacker manipulieren Bildschirme in Bäckereifilialen (opens in a new window) it-daily.net · 2025-07-07
«Die Hacker haben gezielt diesen Server gehackt»