Continuing story · 1 report
French supermarket refrigeration cyberattack
Developing
Where it stands
Attackers remotely manipulated refrigeration controls at hundreds of French supermarkets, spoiling fresh and frozen food, damaging equipment and reportedly causing fires. France’s cybersecurity agency says campaigns may still be underway and urges operators to remove affected systems’ internet exposure; the disruption, restoration and investigation remain unresolved in the report.
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The story so far
Update 1
French supermarket hack spoils food as retailers race to secure cooling
Spoiled stock and reported fires show the physical cost of hacked refrigeration controls. Retailers must close exposed remote access while keeping their cold chains safe.
Still open after this report
- The attackers, motive, precise access method, complete physical toll and final losses remain unestablished.
History
Opened1 report
Who's involved
People
- Marta RybczyńskaPh.D. Politechnika Warszawska 20101 report
- Ryan Ko1 report
Organizations
- CERT-FR1 report
CarrefourFrench hypermarket brand of the Carrefour Group1 report- Groupement MousquetairesFrench multinational retailer1 report
IntermarchéFrench multinational supermarket chain1 report
Places
- FranceFrance1 report
- ParisParis, France1 report
Every outlet we read on this story
83 sources58 outlets16 videos
Aboutuq.edu.au8
- Professor Ryan Ko - UQ Cyber Research Centre - University of Queensland
- Professor Ryan Ko | UQ Experts
- Leadership team - UQ Cyber Research Centre - University of Queensland
- Professor Ryan Ko - School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science - University of Queensland
- UQ Cyber - UQ Cyber Research Centre - University of Queensland
- Identity Cyber Security Researchers - UQ Cyber Research Centre - University of Queensland
- Our people - School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science - University of Queensland
- Cyber security and software engineering team - School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science - University of Queensland
ABC News33 videos
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Controleuropa.eu3
NBC Newsnbcnews.com32 videos
ABC News (Australia)22 videos
CBS Newscbsnews.com21 video
CyberNovaLabs.iocybernovalabs.io2
FRANCE 24 English22 videos
Global News22 videos
AIGYROS GROUPaigyrosgroup.com1
AusLumeauslume.com.au1
- First reported
- Supermarket cyber attack in France: what businesses can do
Bezpečnostný signálsecuritysignal.co1
Bloomberg Television11 video
- First reported
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Capital.frcapital.fr1
CNBCcnbc.com1
connexionfranceconnexionfrance.com1
CRA Evidencecraevidence.com1
CTV News11 video
Cybernewscybernews.com1
cyberresilienceact.eu1
CyberTech Editioncybertechedition.com1
Duke FM | Playing the Legends of Country | Green Bay, WIduke.fm1
Euverifyeuverify.com1
Flawfenceflawfence.com1
FoodNavigator.comfoodnavigator.com1
- First reported
- French supermarket fridges hit by cyber attack
GlobalsConflictsglobalsconflicts.com1
Gridinsoft Blogsgridinsoft.com1
- First reported
- Cyberattack Hits French Supermarket Refrigeration
Guardian News11 video
- First reported
- French supermarket director apologises after cyber-attack spoils fresh and frozen food · video
Industrial Cyberindustrialcyber.co1
INNOSYSinnosys.fr1First
- First reported
- NIS2 en France : où en est la loi Résilience ?
Insurance Businessinsurancebusinessmag.com1
- First reported
- Fires reported as hundreds of French supermarkets hacked
iTnewsitnews.com.au1
Le Nouvel Obsnouvelobs.com1
LinkedInlinkedin.com1
P.K. Sharmapk-sharma.com1
Phinasoftphinasoft.com1
Pollarpollar.news1
Public Sénatpublicsenat.fr1
Reuters11 video
- First reported
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Security.iosecurity.io1
The Hack Academythehackacademy.com1
- First reported
- CERT-FR confirms broad refrigeration controller compromises
ThreatClusterthreatcluster.io1
TIMEtime.com1
- First reported
- 'Unprecedented' Cyberattack Targets French Supermarket ...
timmcallister.io1
TSNtsnmedia.org1
- First reported
- Cyberattack Hits Danfoss Fridge Controls in French Stores
UNSW Sitesunsw.edu.au1
Y94y94.com1
Who reported what
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What 9 outlets reported about this story, point by point, and who reported each point first.
Points more than one outlet reported
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| Point | FRANCE 24 English | Guardian News | ABC News (Australia) | ABC News | Bloomberg Television | CTV News | CBS News | Reuters | Global News | Outlets |
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| Food spoiled or discardedIndependently confirmed | 9 | |||||||||
| Number of supermarkets affectedIndependently confirmed | 7 | |||||||||
| Hackers accessed and altered refrigeration controlsIndependently confirmed | 7 | |||||||||
| Temperatures reached in affected unitsIndependently confirmed | 7 | |||||||||
| Fires linked to the attackIndependently confirmed | 7 | |||||||||
| Estimated total financial lossesNot independently confirmed | 3 | |||||||||
| Authorities opened an investigationNot independently confirmed | 2 | |||||||||
| Outdated refrigeration software and firmwareNot independently confirmed | 2 | |||||||||
| Internet exposure of refrigeration systemsNot independently confirmed | 2 | |||||||||
| No group claimed responsibilityNot independently confirmed | 2 | |||||||||
| Operational technology risks and security practicesNot independently confirmed | 2 |
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