What changed in this update
Hackers carried out a cyber attack on hundreds of French supermarkets overnight - pushing temperatures in fridges up to 50C and sparking fires.
Event intelligence
French supermarket refrigeration cyberattack
2 connected story threads
Current state
Hundreds of French supermarkets—including up to 200 Intermarché stores, nearly 100 Coopérative U outlets, and 80 Carrefour locations—have had connected refrigeration systems compromised in a cyberattack, with units defrosting and in some cases heating to around 50°C, spoiling frozen food and sparking fires. The Paris prosecutor's office has described the incident as an unprecedented, large-scale attack on connected refrigeration equipment.
Grounded in 4 reports across 4 sources
What changed
The attack's scope expanded to include Carrefour, with affected chains now specified as up to 200 Intermarché stores, nearly 100 Coopérative U outlets, and 80 Carrefour locations, and the damage mechanism was refined to include defrosting that spoiled frozen food.
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Source coverage
Source reports
Guardian
Hackers force French supermarket fridges to heat up to 50C in ‘unprecedented’ cyber-attack
Sky News – World Sky
Hackers heat French supermarket fridges to 50C in 'large-scale' cyber attack
Hackers carried out a cyber attack on hundreds of French supermarkets overnight - pushing temperatures in fridges up to 50C and sparking fires.
