Copeland, Dixell refrigeration systems also hacked, French cybersecurity agency says

View of an empty refrigerator at the frozen food aisle inside an Intermarche supermarket in Paris the day after a cyberattack targeted refrigeration systems at French supermarket chains, causing food losses and fires at several stores, France, October 13, 2026. The placard reads "Important information. Our store has been hacked, and our refrigeration system has been affected." REUTERS/Lucien Libert

PARIS, Oct ⁠13 (Reuters) - France's cybersecurity ⁠agency said on ‌Tuesday that the refrigeration systems of Copeland and Dixell ​were also hacked ⁠during a ⁠cyberattack that targeted supermarket ⁠refrigerators ‌and freezers.

A spokesperson for ⁠Copeland, which owns Dixell, declined ​to ‌confirm the information and ⁠said ​the company's top priority is to ⁠protect customers' operations.

Hackers raised ​temperatures of refrigerators in hundreds of supermarkets ⁠to as high as 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit), causing fires ​and ⁠spoiling food.

(Reporting by John ​Irish, Leo ‌Marchandon and Inti ​Landauro, Editing by Charlotte Van Campenhout)

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2026年10月13日，法国巴黎，一家Intermarche超市冷冻食品区的冰箱空空如也。此前一天，法国连锁超市的制冷系统遭到网络攻击，导致多家门店发生食品损失和火灾。冰箱上的告示牌写着：“重要信息：本店系统遭到黑客攻击，制冷系统受到影响。” 路透社/卢西恩·利伯特

巴黎，10 月 13 日（路透社）——法国网络安全机构周二表示，在针对超市冰箱和冰柜的网络攻击中，Copeland 和 Dixell 的制冷系统也遭到了黑客攻击。

拥有 Dixell 的 Copeland 公司的一位发言人拒绝证实该消息，并表示公司的首要任务是保护客户的运营。

黑客将数百家超市的冰箱温度提高到 50 摄氏度（122 华氏度），导致火灾和食物变质。

（约翰·艾瑞什、利奥·马尔尚东和因蒂·兰道罗报道，夏洛特·范坎彭豪特编辑）

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