Investigators hunt French supermarket fridge hackers, no claim of responsibility
PARIS — French investigators on Tuesday were hunting the hackers who seized control of cooling units at hundreds of supermarkets in a cyberattack that underlined the vulnerabilities of connected systems, with no group publicly claiming responsibility. The absence of a claim of responsibility by hacktivists or a ransom demand by cybercriminals has puzzled investigators, according to a source with…
Parish investigators are currently pursuing cybercriminals who infiltrated the cooling systems of hundreds of French supermarkets in a recent cyberattack, despite no group publicly taking responsibility, according to a source familiar with the investigation. The lack of a claim of responsibility or ransom demand leaves investigators perplexed, as hacktivists or cybercriminals usually seek to monetize their attacks or claim credit for them politically.
The cyberattack, which manipulated the temperatures of refrigerators in supermarket chains such as Carrefour, Monoprix, Intermarché and Cooperative, appears to have been relatively simple for the hackers to execute, according to three cyber experts speaking to Reuters. Staff at some Paris supermarkets were forced to discard large quantities of spoiled meat and frozen food on Tuesday.
At least 350 supermarkets, representing a small portion of the total number in France, were affected by the strike. The supermarkets implicated the outdated software from Danish company Danfoss as the cause of the vulnerability.
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