Fridges Set to 50°C... 700 Supermarkets Hit by Cyberattack

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Some 700 large supermarkets in France have been hit by a cyberattack that manipulated their refrigerator temperatures. The temperatures were spiked up to a staggering 50 degrees Celsius, resulting in massive quantities of food being discarded. Authorities have yet to track down who is responsible.

Reporter Min Gyeongho has the details.

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A large supermarket in France.

The frozen food section is completely empty.

Notices are posted on the 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 the 11th and the 12th, local time, temperatures in refrigeration and freezing systems at 700 supermarkets across France soared up to 50 degrees Celsius.

Melted and spoiled food items were discarded in heaps.

[Julien Freret / Supermarket Store Manager, France: A cyberattack 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 retail chains, including Carrefour and Monoprix, suffered simultaneous damage, with nationwide losses estimated to reach millions to tens of millions of euros.

The compromised system was manufactured by the Danish company Danfoss, and the company stated that the affected equipment consisted of "older products that no longer support security updates."

The French Prime Minister's office announced that it is cooperating with European countries to verify the extent of the damage and is investigating the possibility of exposure to risks for other companies.

However, no group has claimed responsibility for the attack, leaving investigative authorities baffled.

(Video Editing: Park Choon-bae, Video Source: X @SilviusBerthold)
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