Danfoss says hacked controllers behind 50C French supermarket fridges ran old firmware

The refrigeration controllers hijacked overnight in hundreds of French supermarkets were running out-of-date firmware, Danfoss said. Attackers turned fridges up to 50 degrees Celsius, leaving stores to toss out fresh and frozen stock. A source close to Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said that France’s cybersecurity agency, ANSSI, had discovered a vulnerability in software from Danfoss. The person said the agency had already reached out to the vendor. Danish maker Danfoss said it was “aware of incidents in France affecting a limited number of refrigeration management systems.” It identified two product lines, the AK-SM800 and the AK-SC355.

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