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'Unprecedented' cyberattack targets refrigeration units at hundreds of French supermarkets

This photograph taken in Agde on October 9, 2026 shows the logo of French supermarket Intermarche, part of the group Les Mousquetaires, on the facade of a store.
This photograph taken in Agde on October 9, 2026 shows the logo of French supermarket Intermarché, part of the group Les Mousquetaires, on the facade of a store. © Gabriel Bouys, AFP

Hundreds of French supermarket chains were targeted overnight Sunday to Monday in a cyberattack that affected the refrigerators of up to 200 Intermarché stores and almost 100 Coopérative U locations, according to the retailers. Carrefour said that 80 of its supermarkets had also been hit.

Major French supermarket chains Intermarché, Coopérative U and Carrefour were hit by a cyberattack that caused their refrigerators to defrost, the two retailers told AFP on Monday.

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