Cyberattack Targets French Supermarket Refrigerators, Forcing Mass Food Disposal - CNET
Hundreds of supermarkets in France were the subject of a coordinated hack early Monday morning that turned up the heat on fridges and freezers, causing food to spoil and, in some cases, fires to break out.
According to reports from AFP, three major grocery chains in the country — E. Leclerc, Intermarche and Cooperative U — reported that hackers forced connected fridges and freezers at hundreds of stores to go into defrost mode for several hours, raising their temperatures to 50 degrees Celsius. Paris authorities told the news agency that other grocery chains were also hit.
While it’s unclear who is responsible for the attacks or the exact exploit chain used, the hackers targeted software on two Danfoss system controllers. The company told the industry publication Cooling Postthat the affected systems, AK-SM800 and AK-SC355, were running outdated firmware. “We are working with affected customers to implement appropriate mitigation...
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