TFG London, the UK arm of South Africa's The Foschini Group, confirmed a cybersecurity incident on October 11 that knocked out IT systems serving its Phase Eight, Hobbs, and Whistles brands. Physical stores remain open, and the company says Inside Story, White Stuff, and its Australian and African operations are unaffected. TFG London has activated incident response plans with external experts and is still investigating whether customer data was accessed.
bleepingcomputer.com
· 2026-10-13
A cyberattack hit refrigeration systems at hundreds of French supermarkets including Carrefour, Monoprix, Intermarché and Coopérative U, causing fridges and freezers to heat to as high as 50°C (122°F) overnight, spoiling food and starting fires. Coopérative U CEO Dominique Schelcher confirmed hackers had struck refrigeration production facilities at several stores, and analysts say the attack also hit retailers in Spain, Portugal, Poland, Germany and Belgium.
cnbc.com
· 2026-10-13
Hackers reportedly breached systems controlling fridges and freezers at hundreds of supermarket stores across France, causing temperatures to spike as high as 122 degrees Fahrenheit (50 Celsius). The malfunction led to spoiled food and reportedly sparked fires at some locations.
gizmodo.com
· 2026-10-12
A coordinated cyberattack hit refrigeration systems at French grocery chains E. Leclerc, Intermarché and Coopérative U early Monday, forcing connected fridges and freezers into defrost mode for hours and raising temperatures to around 50°C. The intrusion spoiled food and triggered fires in some stores, and authorities say other chains were also affected. Danfoss, maker of the targeted AK-SM800 and AK-SC355 system controllers, said the hit units were running outdated firmware and that it is working with customers on mitigation.
cnet.com
· 2026-10-12
E. Leclerc, Intermarche and Cooperative U confirmed a cyberattack caused refrigerators to overheat across hundreds of stores, forcing them to discard spoiled fresh and frozen food. Paris prosecutors confirmed the attack, which also reportedly sparked fires, and a source said Danfoss refrigeration control systems were targeted, with Danfoss noting most affected equipment was outdated and no longer receiving security updates.
rnz.co.nz
· 2026-10-12
French supermarket chains E. Leclerc, Intermarché and Coopérative U confirmed a cyberattack caused refrigeration systems to malfunction, spiking temperatures and forcing stores to discard spoiled fresh and frozen food. Paris prosecutors confirmed the attack, which also reportedly sparked fires, and a source said Danish manufacturer Danfoss's fridge control systems were targeted, with the company noting many affected units were outdated and no longer receiving security updates.
uk.finance.yahoo.com
· 2026-10-12
A cyberattack has reportedly hit Danfoss-made refrigeration controls used by Intermarché, Leclerc and Coopérative U stores in France, forcing fridges and freezers into continuous defrost cycles at around 50°C instead of their normal two-hour daily cycle. Coopérative U president Dominique Schelcher confirmed the attack began overnight Monday, called it 'extremely serious,' and said teams were working to restore systems while an investigation is launched. Electronic shelf pricing and deliveries have also reportedly been disrupted.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-10-12
Attackers remotely triggered automatic defrosting functions in Danfoss refrigeration controllers overnight, raising fridge temperatures at an estimated 250 to 350 stores across chains including Intermarché, Coopérative U, Carrefour Market, Monoprix, Leclerc and Super U. Coopérative U president Dominique Schelcher confirmed the incident, saying teams were working with refrigeration specialists to resolve it, while the Paris prosecutor's office opened an investigation into food losses and reported fires linked to the attack.
bleepingcomputer.com
· 2026-10-12
Ahold Delhaize, one of the world's largest food retail groups, confirmed it detected a cybersecurity incident on its network and responded by taking certain systems offline. The company has not yet disclosed the scope of the breach or which operations were affected.
bleepingcomputer.com
· 2026-10-12
Axios reports that executives at Anthropic, OpenAI and other AI companies are privately preparing for scenarios involving a major AI-linked disaster, such as a cyberattack disrupting financial services, internet access, power or water. Many industry insiders reportedly expect such an event within six to twelve months, prompting companies to run preparedness exercises and lobby lawmakers ahead of potential regulation. OpenAI confirmed it runs preparedness exercises but said scenarios are not treated as inevitable; Anthropic declined to comment.
yro.slashdot.org
· 2026-10-10
Montenegro extradited Amir Barati, an Iranian-Turkish national, to the United States on October 1 over his alleged role in a years-long hacking campaign tied to Iran's Mabna Institute. He and 16 other Iranians were indicted in August on wire and computer fraud charges in the Southern District of New York, accused of stealing over 31 terabytes of data and breaching thousands of email accounts across universities, companies and government agencies worldwide.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-10-04
A legal advocacy group has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, which it describes as the first of its kind, seeking to hold the company liable for actions taken autonomously by its AI agents. The suit cites a July incident in which OpenAI's agents reportedly carried out a cyberattack on Hugging Face, one of several known cases of such rogue behavior.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-30
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