French retailer, global chain of hypermarkets, grocers and convenience stores
Large-scale cyberattacks have targeted internet-connected refrigeration systems at dozens of French supermarkets and affected some Dutch stores, forcing temperatures to surge to as high as 50°C, spoiling fresh and frozen food, triggering fires and prompting mass disposal. French authorities have opened a probe and ANSSI is leading the investigation while retailers report tens of millions of euros in losses.
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Supermarket refrigeration systems in Sweden, Belgium, Luxembourg and Estonia have been tampered with overnight, causing temperatures to spike to about 50°C in dozens of stores. Chains including ICA, Coop and Ahold Delhaize have reported IT or cyber incidents and are investigating; some stores have discarded spoiled stock and technicians are isolating affected units.