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French supermarket refrigeration
food retail; refrigeration · France
What happened
Danfoss AK-SM and AK-SC, Copeland XWEB and Dixell XWEB remote controllers; Danfoss says most affected units were outdated models or software (AK-SM800 support ended 2021, AK-SC355 in 2016); Copeland acknowledges a vulnerability in a discontinued end-of-life generation.
Chilled and frozen stock destroyed in several hundred stores (up to about 700 per Finance Minister); store-level losses EUR 50,000 to 220,000; fire starts; no national shortage.
What remains unknown
- Actor
- Exact store count
- Whether the 1 to 2 Nov wave is the same actor
Losses: unknown in total; Intermarche CEO estimate tens of millions of euros (baseline)
Capital around this company
DFX holds no verified lender or owner record for this organization yet. That is a gap in our coverage, not evidence that none exists.
Sources
- CERTFR-2026-ALE-012: compromissions de controleurs a distance d'installations de refrigeration · 2026-10-12 (updated 13 and 16 Oct)
- Cyberattacks hit European supermarket chains and disrupt refrigeration systems (AP) · 2026-10-29
- Danfoss fridge attack France supermarket (Danfoss: most affected units outdated; AK-SM800 and AK-SC355 discontinued 2021 and 2016) · 2026-10
- Copeland named as second fridge supplier hit in supermarket hacking spree · 2026-10
- Supermarket refrigeration attack widens to Copeland, Dixell controllers · 2026-10-13
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