Second suspected cyber-attack hits European supermarket freezers
The gist
A second suspected cyberattack hit fridges and freezers at dozens of European supermarkets, raising temperatures to 50°C.
The method mirrors October's French attack, exposing how exposed cooling systems can spoil food.
How it unfolded
- Oct 12, 2026A cyberattack hit refrigeration systems at French chains including Intermarché, Coopérative U, Carrefour, Monoprix and E.Leclerc, with fridges heating to as much as 50 degrees Celsius.
- Oct 13, 2026French prosecutors opened a cyber-crime investigation into the large-scale attack on supermarket refrigerators.
- Oct 29, 2026French Finance Minister Roland Lescure told Parliament about 700 of France's 10,000 supermarkets were affected; the Paris prosecutor's cybercrime unit was investigating.