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Cyberattack on Connected Fridges in France

Another IoT cyberattack, this one in France: Hackers gained control of the software that regulates the temperatures of the refrigeration units, forcing some to warm to 50C (120F) overnight, according to one supermarket chain affected. […] Normally, supermarket freezers go through a short period of defrosting overnight, in which temperatures rise slightly. But the hackers ordered the units to heat up and stay hot, although Danfoss did not confirm any reports about just how warm the fridges and freezers could become in that process. Danfoss said the affected cold units were older models whose security software could not be updated to ward off a risk they had identified...

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Source category
research-report
First reported
Oct 14, 2026 14:10 UTC
Last reported
Oct 14, 2026 14:10 UTC
Catalog updated
Oct 17, 2026 02:51 UTC
Record ID
cb07b3baf000f6544df002e6836b60f9416dcac3e781027e58a84eb5733896d9

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intelligence_src_85b5039c8403974534

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Evidence class
mentioned in report
Confidence
Not reported
Observed
Oct 14, 2026 14:10 UTC
Retrieved
Oct 17, 2026 02:51 UTC

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