France's commercial FM TV station said on the 12th that hundreds of supermarkets in the country had been attacked online the night before. Hackers remotely operated the refrigeration equipment to cause the temperature to rise abnormally, causing a large number of fresh and frozen products to be destroyed, and losses could reach millions of euros across the country. According to reports, the hundreds of supermarkets that have been attacked online mainly belong to large retail chains such as Antmarché and U Cooperative, and some independent stores, especially meat stores, may also be affected. The cyber attack targeted the Danish manufacturer Danfoss's refrigeration control system equipped with the supermarkets involved. The company's refrigeration equipment is equipped with an automatic defrosting system. On the night of the incident, the hacker used this function to force the device to continue defrosting and set the temperature to 50 degrees Celsius, causing a large number of fresh and frozen products to be destroyed.

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