Hundreds of French supermarkets saw their refrigeration systems defrosted, spoiling tons of frozen food. The unprecedented attack has raised serious questions about food security across Europe.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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