Cyberattack hits French store fridges, sparks fires

Key points

• Hackers forced the temperature of many French supermarket fridges up to 50C overnight, causing fires and food losses at several hundred stores. Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu ordered France's National Cybersecurity Agency, ANSSI, to investigate.
• Carrefour said 80 of its supermarkets were hit, while Les Mousquetaires said fridges at about 150 Intermarche stores were heated for six hours. Officials said Spain, Portugal, Poland, Germany and Belgium may also be affected.
• Danfoss said affected units were running outdated firmware.