French supermarkets suffer fridge shutdown after 'unprecedented' cyberattack

Major French supermarket chains including E. Leclerc, Intermarché, and Cooperative U were hit by a cyberattack that remotely triggered their refrigeration systems to malfunction, forcing hundreds of stores to discard spoiled food and raising food security concerns. The attack targeted refrigeration control systems from Danish manufacturer Danfoss, which used outdated firmware that no longer receives security updates. France's cybersecurity agency is working to contain the hack and alert other potentially affected companies across Europe.