Cyberattacks Hit European Supermarket Chains and Disrupt Refrigeration Systems
Cyberattacks have disrupted European supermarket chains, affecting refrigeration systems at hundreds of stores in France and causing major grocers to shut down websites serving customers in Europe and the United States. French Finance Minister Roland Lescure stated that about 700 of the country's 10,000 supermarkets were affected, but there was no risk to France's food supplies.
The Paris prosecutor's office is investigating the attack, which forced a continuous defrost cycle and set temperatures as high as 50 degrees Celsius on stores' refrigeration systems. Dutch supermarket giant Ahold Delhaize also reported that its stores remained open, but the websites for their brands were offline. Cybersecurity experts have identified vulnerabilities in the remote control modules of refrigeration systems made by Danish company Danfoss and U.S.-based Copeland.
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