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)