Cyberattack hits hundreds of French supermarkets, spoiling millions of euros in food

Dairy, meat and juice, all gone to waste. Dozens of kilos of fresh and frozen products have been thrown away at this supermarket in Paris, after its fridges and freezers heated up in an unprecedented cyber attack. The temperature of the appliances was over 40 degrees. It should be 18 or 19. When we opened the fridge door, it was like opening an oven. There were similar scenes throughout France, like here in Poitiers in the west of the country. This supermarket was forced to clear several aisles. Kilos of products were also thrown away at this store in Lyon in the South East. The sheer waste has shocked many customers. It's quite shocking, people are hacking even fridges now, you have to think where is the world going because clearly we don't feel safe anymore. Refrigeration units in the establishments attacked used software provided by Danish engineering firm Danfoss, which allows retailers to manage them remotely. managed to take control of the thermostats and forced them to warm overnight. Some fires also broke out, according to authorities. In a statement, Danfoss said, The majority of units affected are products from an old line that have reached the end of their life cycle and no longer receive software or security updates. For now, it's unclear exactly how many supermarkets were targeted. Leclerc, the Coopérative U Group, Monoprix and Carrefour were all affected. The worst hit was Les Mousquetaires group with 300 shops. Spoiled products in this Paris suburb supermarket are estimated to cost 55,000 euros. To avoid more attacks, the director has disconnected the remote operation of the store's cold units. This way we can monitor the fridges and see if there are any issues. We've switched everything off and disconnected it all so that there's no risk of further attacks. French authorities have opened an investigation to find the perpetrators responsible for this widespread attack.