French Investigators Probe Supermarket Cyberattack That Could Cost ‘Millions Of Euros’
The attack hit at least 350 stores and exposed outdated Danfoss software in connected cooling systems, researchers said.
- On Tuesday, French investigators hunted hackers who seized control of cooling units at at least 350 supermarkets, including Carrefour, Monoprix, Intermarche, and Cooperative, forcing widespread food spoilage.
- The compromised cooling units relied on software by Danish firm Danfoss, which said many affected units had "reached end of life and no longer receive software or security updates" or were "running outdated firmware."
- Using the internet scanning service Shodan, Reuters found at least 4,500 Danfoss interfaces still viewable on Tuesday, while Ken Munro, a partner at the British cybersecurity firm Pen Test Partners, suggested the hack likely involved "kids messing around."
- Staff at some Paris supermarkets discarded perished meat and frozen goods into trash containers on Tuesday, while investigators remained puzzled by the absence of ransom demands or responsibility claims.
- Danfoss advised customers to "keep supported systems updated with the latest firmware and to migrate legacy systems to current-generation solutions," though French internet scanning company Onyphe found vulnerable versions "still widely represented among publicly accessible interfaces.
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Hackers "hacked" refrigerators in hundreds of French grocery stores
Unknown hackers managed to gain online access to the temperature control systems of Danfoss refrigeration equipment in several French retail chains overnight. As a result, the attackers raised the temperature in refrigerators to 50 degrees...
French Investigators Probe Supermarket Cyberattack That Could Cost ‘Millions Of Euros’
A cyberattack that caused refrigerators at French supermarkets to heat up could cost stores “millions of euros,” as investigators work to find out who is behind the hack.
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The Globe & MailInvestigators 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 knowledge of the probe. Typically, such groups ten…
At night, unknown hackers managed to gain online access to Danfoss' refrigeration control systems in the stores of several French trading networks, raising the temperature in refrigerators to 50 degrees Celsius.
In France, the hacker attack on supermarket refrigerators continues to be investigated, raising the temperature to plus 50 degrees Celsius, the producer of the damaged refrigerators, Danfoss of Denmark, claimed to have suffered from obsolete models.
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