French supermarket fridge failures
The gist
A cyberattack hit about 400 French grocery stores, heating fridges to 50C overnight.
Shoppers face food safety questions as investigators hunt the hackers.
How it unfolded
- Oct 11, 2026 (night)Hackers raised refrigerator temperatures to 50C at hundreds of French stores; fires broke out in some locations.
- Oct 12, 2026Paris prosecutors opened an investigation into the 'large-scale cyberattack' affecting refrigeration systems at major food retailers nationwide.
- Oct 12, 2026Retailers reported impact: Les Mousquetaires ~150 stores, Coopérative U ~100, Carrefour 80 of 6,000, Monoprix ~5% of its network; Intermarché said all affected fresh and frozen products were thrown away.