Hackers hijack refrigeration controllers at about 700 French supermarkets (Danfoss, Copeland and Dixell XWEB) · updates https://pwn.watch/i/french-supermarket-refrigeration-controller-attacks Overnight on Oct 11 to 12, attackers took remote control of internet-exposed refrigeration controllers at hundreds of French supermarkets (Intermarché and Netto, Coopérative U, E. Leclerc and others), forcing fridges and freezers into continuous defrost with setpoints around 50°C, spoiling fresh and frozen stock and reportedly causing small fires. CERT-FR names Danfoss AK-SM and AK-SC series plus Copeland and Dixell xweb controllers, says campaigns are probably still ongoing, and tells operators to take every controller off the public internet. Most affected Danfoss units are end-of-life models (AK-SM 800, AK-SC 355) that get no fixes; the entry vector and attacker are still unconfirmed. en Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Hackers hijack refrigeration controllers at about 700 French supermarkets (Danfoss, Copeland and Dixell XWEB): Dark Reading reports a little over 700 stores were hit in one night; a Sekoia analyst told Reuters Spain, Portugal, Poland, Germany and Belgium were also affected, and Les Mousquetaires (Intermarché, Netto) said the attack came through a refrigeration service provider. https://pwn.watch/i/french-supermarket-refrigeration-controller-attacks https://pwn.watch/i/french-supermarket-refrigeration-controller-attacks#2026-10-22-c7914981 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT critical <p><a href="https://www.darkreading.com/ics-ot-security/eu-grocers-unpatched-fridge-firmware-french">Source</a></p> Hackers hijack refrigeration controllers at about 700 French supermarkets (Danfoss, Copeland and Dixell XWEB): CERT-FR publishes a third version with separate steps for compromised and uncompromised units: remove internet exposure, check defrost ranges, restore access only via VPN, and reset and reconfigure compromised Danfoss units. https://pwn.watch/i/french-supermarket-refrigeration-controller-attacks https://pwn.watch/i/french-supermarket-refrigeration-controller-attacks#2026-10-16-f19a06af Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT critical <p><a href="https://www.cert.cyber.gouv.fr/alerte/CERTFR-2026-ALE-012/">Source</a></p> Hackers hijack refrigeration controllers at about 700 French supermarkets (Danfoss, Copeland and Dixell XWEB): CERT-FR revises the alert to add Copeland xweb and Dixell xweb controllers, warns campaigns are probably still ongoing, and says a factory reset alone leaves end-of-life units vulnerable to recompromise. https://pwn.watch/i/french-supermarket-refrigeration-controller-attacks https://pwn.watch/i/french-supermarket-refrigeration-controller-attacks#2026-10-13-817651ca Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT critical <p><a href="https://www.csoonline.com/article/4235107/unplug-your-smart-fridges-french-supermarkets-warned-after-cyberattack.html">Source</a></p> Hackers hijack refrigeration controllers at about 700 French supermarkets (Danfoss, Copeland and Dixell XWEB): Coopérative U CEO Dominique Schelcher confirms on X that a cyberattack hit the refrigeration installations of several stores overnight, calling it unprecedented and unacceptable. https://pwn.watch/i/french-supermarket-refrigeration-controller-attacks https://pwn.watch/i/french-supermarket-refrigeration-controller-attacks#2026-10-12-7f996d79 Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT critical <p><a href="https://x.com/schelcher/status/2109564928881308012">Source</a></p> Hackers hijack refrigeration controllers at about 700 French supermarkets (Danfoss, Copeland and Dixell XWEB): CERT-FR publishes alert CERTFR-2026-ALE-012 on numerous compromises of Danfoss AK-SM and AK-SC refrigeration controllers. Danfoss says affected units ran outdated firmware and urges migrating legacy systems. https://pwn.watch/i/french-supermarket-refrigeration-controller-attacks https://pwn.watch/i/french-supermarket-refrigeration-controller-attacks#2026-10-12-548957cc Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT critical <p><a href="https://www.cert.cyber.gouv.fr/alerte/CERTFR-2026-ALE-012/">Source</a></p> Hackers hijack refrigeration controllers at about 700 French supermarkets (Danfoss, Copeland and Dixell XWEB): Overnight, attackers remotely hijack supermarket refrigeration controllers across France, forcing continuous defrost with setpoints around 50°C; Intermarché, Coopérative U and E. Leclerc confirm the attack. https://pwn.watch/i/french-supermarket-refrigeration-controller-attacks https://pwn.watch/i/french-supermarket-refrigeration-controller-attacks#2026-10-11-185534b2 Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT critical <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/12/cyber-attack-defrosts-refrigerators-france-supermarket-chains-intermarche-cooperative-u">Source</a></p>