Cyberattack on refrigeration systems hits French supermarkets

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13 Oct 2026 • 11:38 AM MYT
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A woman walks past empty fresh-food refrigerators at an Intermarché supermarket in Névez, western France, on Oct 12, 2026, following a cyberattack affecting the French supermarket chains Intermarché and Cooperative U that caused their refrigerators to defrost. - (Photo by FRED TANNEAU / AFP)

PARIS - A large-scale cyberattack targeting the refrigeration systems of hundreds of French supermarkets caused losses that could reach several million euros, Xinhua reported, citing French news channel BFMTV.

Hackers targeted refrigeration control systems made by Danish manufacturer Danfoss, which are widely used in French stores, the news channel said.

According to the report, the hackers remotely triggered a forced and continuous defrost cycle, setting the target temperature to 50 degrees Celsius.

"Targeting equipment essential for preserving fresh produce and supplying food to the French people is a matter of extreme gravity and is unprecedented. It is unacceptable," Dominique Schelcher, CEO of Cooperative U, said in a post on X. - BERNAMA

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