Cyberattack disrupts supermarket refrigeration at European chains

The incident is already affecting store operations and food storage, with losses nearing 300,000 euros and the risk of much larger damage.

A cyberattack is disrupting supermarket refrigeration and related store systems at multiple European chains, which matters because it is affecting food storage, deliveries, and pricing infrastructure. In France, the incident has hit Danfoss-made controls used by Intermarché, Leclerc, and Coopérative U, and the latter said several stores in its network had seen their refrigeration production facilities affected since the previous night. The report says the affected units were pushed into continuous defrosting at 50 degrees Celsius, and early losses are already nearing 300,000 euros with the potential to reach several million euros nationwide. In the Netherlands, Albert Heijn, Etos, and Gall & Gall saw websites taken down and electronic shelf labels disrupted, while Albert Heijn said it had taken protective steps and temporarily shut down some systems. It is not clear whether the French and Dutch incidents are connected.