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Cyberattack targets supermarket refrigeration systems across France

A cyberattack on Danfoss refrigeration control systems affected more than 150 supermarket branches across France, setting defrost cycles to 50 degrees and spoiling quantities of fresh and frozen food. Retailers reported discovering the disruption after temperatures rose over several hours overnight. The perpetrators behind the intrusion have not been identified.

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11 differing positions reported on attribution across 26 publishers; unresolved.
  • telegramתוקפים
  • francecyberattack
  • theinsХакеры
  • okoHakerzy
  • rferlхакеры
  • meduzaхакеры
  • folhaHackers
  • expressHackers
  • dikenHackerlar
  • dailyHackers
  • n1infoHakeri
  • yna해커들
  • jpostHackers
  • afintlهکرها
  • bastillepost黑客
  • thehinduHackers
  • allkharkovХакери
  • aljazeerahackers
  • rtHackers
  • arabnewsFrench supermarket fridge hackers
  • epochtimes黑客
  • occrpHackers
  • syriaقراصنة
  • ltn神秘網攻
  • cgtnFrench
  • cna-tw法國資安機構
5 differing positions reported on location across 43 publishers; unresolved.
  • telegramבצרפת
  • rfi法国
  • franceFrench
  • bbcFrench supermarkets
  • zerohedgeFrench
  • okofrancuskich
  • bleepingcomputerFrench
  • theguardianFrench
  • vijestiFrancuskoj
  • therecordFrench
  • rferlВо Франции
  • meduzaВо Франции
  • stheadline法國
  • deutscheFrench
  • expressFrench
  • dikenFransa'da
  • dailyFrench
  • n1infofrancuskim
  • yna프랑스
  • klix-bafrancuskim
  • jpostFrench
  • senewebfrançais
  • pts巴黎
  • chinanews法国
  • afintlفرانسه
  • bastillepost法國
  • ltn法國
  • aljazeeraFrench
  • eeo法国
  • thehinduFrench
  • allkharkovФранції
  • cna-tw法國
  • medyascopeFransa’da
  • yenialanyaFransa'da
  • mirrormedia法
  • rtFrance
  • arabnewsFrench
  • epochtimes法国
  • occrpFrench
  • syriaفرنسا
  • alarabyفرنسا
  • cgtnFrench
  • rapplerFrench
2 differing positions reported on timing across 2 publishers; unresolved.
  • telegramבמהלך הלילה
  • cna-tw夜
3 differing positions reported on status across 43 publishers; unresolved.
  • telegramגרמה
  • rfi遭遇
  • francesay
  • bbchit
  • zerohedgeDisrupts
  • theinsотключили
  • okoZaatakowali
  • bleepingcomputershuts down
  • theguardiandefrosts
  • vijestiHakerski napad
  • therecorddisrupts
  • rferlвзломали
  • meduzaвзломали
  • folhaprovocando
  • stheadline遭黑客入侵
  • deutschehit
  • expresssparking
  • dikenısıttı
  • dailysparking
  • n1infonapali
  • yna피해
  • klix-bauništene
  • jpostsparking
  • senewebvictimes
  • pts發生火警
  • chinanews遭
  • afintlحمله
  • bastillepost遭
  • ltn遭駭
  • aljazeerahits
  • eeo遭
  • thehindusparking
  • allkharkovзламали
  • cna-tw遭
  • medyascopesaldırı
  • yenialanyasaldırı
  • mirrormedia猛攻
  • rtheat
  • arabnewsno claim of responsibility
  • epochtimes入侵
  • occrpTurn
  • syriaيخترقون
  • alarabyهجوم
WhereFrance
47.108, 2.761 ±400 km
First reported13 days ago
Published2026-10-12 14:14 UTC
Sources45
How this travelled.
Reports73Independent tellings42
42 independently corroborated tellings, 6 reported as carrying other outlets.

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Global Event Monitor. Cyberattack targets supermarket refrigeration systems across France. 2026-10-12T14:14:05.503Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:5627. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-10-12/internet-disruption-france-239d9454

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