2026-10-13 13:02:46Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Hundreds of supermarkets in France have been hit by a cyberattack that caused temperatures in refrigerators and freezers to rise, damaging large quantities of fresh and frozen food. Economic losses are estimated to run into millions of euros, as French authorities have launched an investigation into the incident.

According to reports, hackers took control of the computer programs that manage the temperature of refrigeration equipment, heating some of them up to 50 degrees Celsius for several hours overnight.

The attack affected some of the country's largest food retail chains, including Coopérative U, Intermarché, Netto, Carrefour, Monoprix and E.Leclerc. The affected programs are provided by Danish company Danfoss and enable remote management of refrigeration equipment.

More than 100 supermarkets of the Coopérative U chain were targeted, while 180 Intermarché and Netto stores were affected by the attack. To prevent the problem from spreading, around 100 other stores were urgently disconnected from the internet.

Carrefour reported that refrigerators were compromised in 80 of its 6,000 stores. Meanwhile, Monoprix said the attack affected about 5% of its more than 400 points of sale. Foods whose safety could not be guaranteed were removed from the market. Intermarché said it had destroyed all affected food products to avoid health risks.

Danfoss said the affected devices were old models for which the security software could no longer be updated. According to French broadcaster BFMTV, two supermarkets in the Alsace region reported losses of 270,000 euros.

The Paris prosecutor's office has opened a cybercrime investigation, describing the incident as a large-scale attack on several large food retail chains in France.


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