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First Time in World History: Supermarket Freezers Hacked in France!
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News18•14-10-2026, 09:53
First Time in World History: Supermarket Freezers Hacked in France!
- •Reports from France claim that approximately 350 to 400 supermarkets fell victim to a cyber attack targeting commercial freezers and refrigeration systems.
- •Hackers remotely infiltrated the internet-connected control systems of the freezers and raised the temperature up to 50 degrees Celsius or higher for about six hours.
- •The drastic temperature increase spoiled massive amounts of food and caused minor fires in some stores, leading to potential losses worth millions of euros.
- •The hackers allegedly disabled the alarm systems, preventing staff from being alerted to the abnormal temperature rise during the night.
- •The Prime Minister of France has ordered an investigation into the incident, raising major cybersecurity concerns across Europe.
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Hackers infiltrated internet-connected refrigeration control systems in hundreds of supermarkets and remotely increased the temperature of freezers up to 50 degrees Celsius for six hours overnight.
Following an investigation, France’s National Cybersecurity Agency (ANSSI) discovered a vulnerability in software supplied by the Danish company Danfoss, which was used to control the supermarket refrigeration panels.
The temperature spikes caused food to spoil, forcing retailers to discard all frozen products, which resulted in massive financial losses and some minor fires in stores.
