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Hackers cranked French supermarkets’ freezers up to 50 degrees, causing hundreds of stores to lose their stock

Reported by Security Affairs (Pierluigi Paganini)

Summary by Cyber Security News13 Oct 2026, 09:50 CET

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Hackers cranked French supermarkets’ freezers up to 50 degrees, causing hundreds of stores to lose their stock — Image: Security Affairs

Hackers hit French supermarkets via unpatched Danfoss refrigeration systems, remote-heating freezers and destroying stock worth millions. Overnight from Sunday to Monday, a large cyberattack hit the refrigeration systems of hundreds of French supermarkets, BFMTV revealed. The attackers targeted equipment from the Danish maker Danfoss that many French stores use to regulate their cold.

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