French supermarkets face millions in losses after cyberattack hits refrigerators nationwide

Fox News · Robert McGreevy · 2026-10-13 17:54 UTC

Hackers targeted Danfoss refrigerator controls across French supermarkets, forcing chains like Carrefour and Monoprix to discard massive food stocks.

A cyberattack in France forced multiple grocery stores to discard large amounts of temperature-sensitive product after hackers turned the heat up on food refrigerators in hundreds of stores across at least five chain brands.

The hack, according to Reuters and European officials, affected chains such as Carrefour, Monoprix, Les Mousquetaires, E. Leclerc and Coopérative U.

The CEO of Coopérative U, a retail group structured as a cooperative of independently owned businesses, confirmed the cyberattack in a Monday post on X.

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