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After Danfoss, hackers strike other refrigeration systems used in France
Le Monde.fr • • business
Key Points:
- Cyberattacks targeting French supermarket refrigeration systems continue, with a new wave hitting stores using Dixell equipment shortly after an initial attack on Danfoss systems.
- A supermarket near Bordeaux experienced a temperature spike at 4 am due to hackers altering defrost and temperature settings, raising frozen goods from -22 degrees to 150 degrees Celsius.
- Specialists and store teams intervened quickly, preventing spoilage and avoiding the loss of goods despite the automated nature of the attack.
- The attack involved rapid, automated changes to refrigeration settings, with hackers modifying multiple parameters per second, a method unprecedented in the 25-year experience of a local refrigeration expert.
