From tripwire.com
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Ransomware is to blame for the closure of all 175 7-Eleven stores in Denmark on Monday.
The retailer closed all of its stores in Denmark after its cash registers and payment systems were brought down in the attack.
Initially, 7-Eleven’s Danish division did not say that ransomware was responsible for its problems, simply describing the incident as a “hacker attack”: