Cyber attack pushes French supermarket fridges up to 50C
Hackers raised the heat in fridges and freezers at hundreds of French supermarkets, causing fires and spoiled food.
Hackers raised the heat in fridges and freezers at hundreds of French supermarkets overnight. Temperatures were pushed as high as 50 degrees Celsius.
The attack caused fires and lost food at several major food retailers in France. On Monday, the Paris prosecutor's office called it a large-scale attack on connected fridges.
Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu has instructed France's National Cybersecurity Agency, ANSSI, to investigate.
- 50 degrees Celsius
- Peak temperature
- National Cybersecurity Agency (ANSSI)
- Investigating agency
- Sebastien Lecornu
- Prime Minister
- Overnight
- Timing
Why it mattersShops lose food when fridges fail, and this attack hit connected fridges at several major food retailers.
AustraliaNo direct Australian effect yet. It would matter here if any local supermarket used the same connected fridge systems.
Corroborated bytheguardian.com
✓ Claims checked against the source and corrected before publish. checked 51 min ago
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