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Some 700 major supermarkets in France have been hit by a cyber attack that manipulated their refrigerator temperatures. Temperatures were spiked to a staggering 50 degrees Celsius, resulting in massive amounts of food being discarded. Authorities have yet to track down who is responsible.
Reporter Min Gyeongho has the details.
[Reporter]
A large supermarket store in France.
The frozen food section is completely empty.
Notices are posted on glass doors stating that the sale of frozen foods has been temporarily suspended due to technical issues.
[Really, nothing is left. There is nothing.]
Between the night of October 11 and October 12 local time, the temperatures of refrigeration and freezing facilities soared up to 50 degrees Celsius across 700 supermarkets throughout France.
Melted and spoiled foods were discarded in heaps.
[Julien Freret / French Supermarket Store Manager: A cyber attack occurred on our store software. We are in a situation where we have to discard all of the store's fresh and frozen foods.]
Major French retailers, including Carrefour and Monoprix, suffered simultaneous damage, with nationwide losses estimated to reach millions to tens of millions of euros.
The problematic system was manufactured by the Danish company Danfoss. The company stated that the damaged equipment was "older products that no longer support security updates."
The French Prime Minister's Office announced that it is cooperating with European nations to verify the damage and is also investigating the possibility of other companies being exposed to risks.
However, investigation authorities are baffled as no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
(Video editing: Park Chun-bae, Video source: X @SilviusBerthold)
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