Hundreds of French supermarkets hit by cyberattack on refrigeration systems


Several supermarkets were forced to discard fresh and frozen food, Intermarché said, and have yet to estimate the losses. The Paris prosecutor has opened an investigation.

Hundreds of French supermarkets belonging to the Intermarché and Coopérative U chains have fallen victim to a cyberattack targeting their refrigeration systems, the two retail giants said on Monday.

Around 150 to 200 Intermarché stores were hit, along with nearly 100 Coopérative U outlets, they added. The Paris prosecutor’s office confirmed the cyberattack, which is also thought to have affected other major chains.

Read more…
Source:  EURONEWS


Sign up for the Cyber Security Review Newsletter
The latest cyber security news and insights delivered right to your inbox


Related:

  • UK arrests five for selling ‘dodgy’ point of sale software

    December 12, 2022

    Tax authorities from Australia, Canada, France, the UK and the USA have conducted a joint probe into “electronic sales suppression software” – applications that falsify point of sale data to help merchants avoid paying tax on their true revenue. A Friday announcement from the Joint Chiefs of Global Tax Enforcement (known as the J5), states that ...

  • French hospital cancels operations after cyberattack

    December 5, 2022

    A hospital complex in Versailles, near Paris, had to cancel operations and transfer some patients after being hit by a cyberattack over the weekend, France’s health ministry said. The Hospital Centre of Versailles – which consists of Andre-Mignot Hospital, Richaud Hospital and the Despagne Retirement Home – was affected by the hacking attempt, said the complex’s ...

  • Wholesale giant METRO hit by IT outage after cyberattack

    October 21, 2022

    International wholesale giant METRO is experiencing infrastructure outages and store payment issues following a recent cyberattack. The company’s IT team is currently investigating the incident with the help of external experts to discover the cause of this ongoing outage. IT outages have been affecting stores in Austria, Germany, and France since at least October 17, according to ...

  • French hospital hit by $10M ransomware attack, sends patients elsewhere

    August 23, 2022

    The Center Hospitalier Sud Francilien (CHSF), a 1000-bed hospital located 28km from the center of Paris, suffered a cyberattack on Sunday, which has resulted in the medical center referring patients to other establishments and postponing appointments for surgeries. CHSF serves an area of 600,000 inhabitants, so any disruption in its operations can endanger the health, and ...

  • Switching side jobs: Links between ATMZOW JS-sniffer and Hancitor

    August 17, 2022

    The hacker group ATMZOW and its JavaScript-sniffer became known in 2020, thanks to the Malwarebytes researchers, when the group installed a JS sniffer on a website that was collecting donations for victims of the Australia bushfires. However, based on a specific obfuscation technique used by the group, we can track its activities back to 2015 as ...

  • BNP Paribas bars Russia-based staff from computer systems as cyber attack fears grow

    March 10, 2022

    France’s largest bank BNP Paribas has cut off its Russia-based workforce from its internal computer systems as it seeks to bolster its defences against any potential cyber attack, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The French lender, believed to be the first major bank to have jettisoned staff in Moscow from its ...