Not cool: who hacked France’s supermarket fridges?

A coordinated cyber-attack disrupted temperature controls in French supermarkets, causing freezers and refrigeration units to overheat and spoil thousands of food products. The incident, described as bizarre and without precedent, saw digital thermostats remotely altered, pushing temperatures from extreme cold to over 50 degrees Celsius. Authorities are investigating whether the breach involved skilled young hackers or state-backed sabotage. The fallout left stores with massive food waste as shelves were left vulnerable to rapid spoilage.

Whether it was youngsters proving their skills or state sabotage, Europe’s most hacked country was left with a mountain of waste after food began cooking in freezersShortly before midnight last Sunday, the digital thermostats controlling hundreds of supermarket cold aisles across France began to flicker and rise.In a “bizarre and unprecedented” cyber-attack, hackers had remotely overridden the temperature settings on thousands of freezers, fridges and chiller cabinets pushing them from as low as -27C (-16.6F) to well over 50C (122F). Continue reading...