The cyberattack on French supermarket refrigeration systems demonstrates the vulnerability of critical infrastructure to targeted cyber threats.

Hackers heat French supermarket fridges, sparking fires and spoiling food https://www.nbcnews.com/world/europe/hackers-heat-french-supermarket-fridges-sparking-fires-spoiling-food-rcna603151?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into Technology @technology-thenewsdesk

Hackers trigger mass defrosting in 300 supermarkets in #France . The perpetrators gained remote access to the refrigeration systems of the Intermarché, Super U, and E.Leclerc chains and forcibly activated the defrost mode. In some stores, the temperature rose to +50°C. Tens of tons of food will have to be discarded, and the damage is estimated to be in the millions of euros. According to Le Parisien, the perpetrators exploited a known vulnerability in the software of the Danish company Danfoss

Hackers raised the temperature of refrigerators and freezers at hundreds of French supermarkets to as high as 50 degrees Celsius overnight, causing fires and spoiling food. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/10/13/french-supermarket-cyberattack/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #france #cybersecurity #hacking

French supermarket fridges get hacked, heating to 122°F and sparking fires Hackers targeted hundreds of French supermarkets, causing refrigerators and freezers to overheat. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/13/france-supermarket-hack-cyberattack-fridges-fires.html #CyberSecurity