French fridge fright: Why supermarkets have become target for hackers

EXPLAINERMore than 500 shops across France were hit in a major cyberattack targeting freezers, which caused tonnes of food to perish.Hundreds of French supermarkets have suffered unprecedented cyberattacks resulting in tonnes of food perishing and raising fears about the vulnerabilities of food systems to advanced technology.The attacks, which appeared to target internet-linked refrigeration systems manufactured by a Danish company, raised the temperature of fridges and freezers to as high as 50 degrees Celsius (122F) at more than 500 shops and supermarkets across the country. Supermarkets confirmed the attacks on Monday.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Cyberattack on French supermarkets causes fires, millions in losseslist 2 of 4OpenAI ‘reviewing’ report of failed hacking attempt against Canada’s gov’tlist 3 of 4AI could self-replicate on home devices within ‘months’, Anthropic sayslist 4 of 4Hundreds of supermarkets in France hit by ‘unprecedented’ cyberattackend of listFrance’s cybersecurity agency has advised companies operating affected freezer models to immediately disconnect them from the internet – or restrict access to them – and to perform software updates.It...