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Hackers have remotely increased the temperatures of refrigerators in French supermarkets, causing them to exceed 120 degrees and leading to food spoilage and fires. The attack affected hundreds of stores nationwide, with Coopérative U CEO Dominique Schelcher characterizing it as a threat to French food security. An investigation is underway by ANSSI, the national cybersecurity agency, and the Paris prosecutor’s office to identify the perpetrators and assess damages. A potential vulnerability in software from Danish company Danfoss may be involved, though its connection to incidents at Dutch supermarket operator Ahold Delhaize remains unclear.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-12,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
Hackers launched an unprecedented cyberattack in France, targeting refrigeration systems at more than 400 supermarkets across multiple chains including Intermarché and Coopérative U. By remotely altering cooling regulators, attackers forced temperatures inside fridges and freezers to rise as high as 50°C (122°F) overnight, causing significant food spoilage. Upon discovering the compromised units on Monday morning, store workers had to discard vast quantities of fresh produce, meat, dairy, and frozen goods worth millions of euros, with individual losses reaching up to €270,000 (£228,000) per location. The Paris prosecutor's office has opened an investigation into the attack, which poses a serious threat to food security in France.
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Refrigerators in French supermarkets are being targeted by remote hackers, who are dialing up their temperature to more than 120 degrees.
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Paris authorities reported Monday that a large-scale cyber-attack is affecting connected refrigerators in several major food retailers across France.”
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attack → report → France
The tampering, which affected hundreds of retail locations across the country, has caused loss of food inventory and resulted in fires.
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“I confirm that a cyberattack has been affecting, since last night, the cold production facilities of several stores in our network,” said Dominique Schelcher, CEO of retail group Coopérative U. “Our teams are fully mobilized, in coordination with refrigeration specialists, to restore the situation as quickly as possible.”
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Coopérative U is one of several major nationwide corporations that were affected by the attack, which will force vendors to trash the merchandise compromised by the temperature spike.
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Schelcher characterized the incident as not only a burden for his company but a threat to French food security.
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“An investigation will be necessary to shed full light on this attack,” the CEO said.
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CEO → shed → attack
“Targeting equipment essential to the preservation of fresh products and to the food supply of the French people is of extreme gravity and is unprecedented.
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Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu has instructed ANSSI, the national cybersecurity agency, to investigate the sabotage.
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Lecornu → instruct → sabotage
The Paris prosecutor’s office also announced an investigation into “the large-scale cyberattack affecting the refrigerators of several major food retail chains across France.”
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office → announce → France
The process will aim to “identify the victims and establish the link with the damage they reported in terms of foodstuff losses and the outbreak of fires.”
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A vulnerability has reportedly been identified in software produced by Danish company Danfoss.
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Dutch supermarket operator Ahold Delhaize announced Monday that it too was experiencing a “security issue” amid a “cybersecurity incident.”
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It is not immediately clear whether the issue affecting Ahold Delhaize is linked to the widespread cyberattacks in France.
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