France supermarket cold-chain cyberattack disrupts thousands of freezers

Hackers remotely overrode temperature controls on thousands of supermarket freezers and chillers across France, causing food to spoil and significant waste. The attack is described as 'bizarre and unprecedented' in its targeting of IoT cold-chain infrastructure, with attribution unclear—ranging from amateur hackers to state-sponsored sabotage. This highlights vulnerabilities in critical retail infrastructure and potential supply-chain disruption.