- A major cyberattack targeting commercial refrigeration systems across France has left over 150 supermarkets facing millions of euros in food losses.
- Hackers compromised Danfoss cooling control software across Intermarch e, E.Leclerc, and Coop erative U stores, raising temperatures up to 50C to spoil fresh produce.
- Two affected stores in eastern France estimated combined stock losses of €270,000 (£225,000) after workers discovered the damaged inventory on Monday morning.
- French cybersecurity agency ANSSI has launched an investigation into the breach, while software provider Danfoss noted that affected units were running outdated firmware.
- Dutch retailer Ahold Delhaize also reported a separate cybersecurity incident that disrupted online grocery deliveries and store websites across the Netherlands and the US .
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Hackers target fridges in French supermarkets in ‘unprecedented’ cyberattack to spoil food
