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2026
Coopérative U: French authorities open investigation into supermarket refrigeration cyberattack
Investigation
French authorities launched an investigation into a large-scale cyberattack targeting supermarket refrigeration systems. The Paris prosecutor's office confirmed the inquiry and said the investigation would examine the relationship between the cyberattack, reported fires and food losses, while France's National Cybersecurity Agency (ANSSI) was assigned to investigate the technical aspects. Authorities are working to establish which systems were compromised, how attackers gained access and whether incidents across different chains were connected; no hacker group had publicly been confirmed as responsible.
Source excerpt
French prosecutors have opened a specific cyber-crime investigation into the incident, which the Paris prosecutor's office called a "large-scale cyber-attack affecting the refrigerators of several major food retail chains across France".
The chief executive of Coopérative U said several of its supermarkets had been hit by the "extremely serious and unprecedented" attack.
Prosecutors opened an investigation.