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Hackers usually go after your data. In France, they went after the frozen peas. A cyberattack on refrigeration systems hit more than 400 supermarkets in France, forcing some stores to throw out food, according to The New York Times<\/a>. About 300 Intermarch\u00e9 and Netto stores were affected, along with 80 Coop\u00e9rative U and 30 Monoprix locations. The attack targeted systems from three companies that remotely control refrigerators, according to France\u2019s National Cybersecurity Agency.<\/p>\n So far, no one has claimed responsibility for the hack, and Paris prosecutors have yet to identify the culprits. Dominique Schelcher, head of French grocery chain Coop\u00e9rative U, called the attack \u201cunprecedented\u201d and \u201cextremely serious.\u201d \u201cThey\u2019re attacking the French people\u2019s food supply,\u201d he said in an interview with RTL radio.<\/p>\n Schelcher hasn\u2019t estimated losses, but says a refrigeration failure can cost a small supermarket tens of thousands of dollars. \u201cIn my entire professional career, I\u2019ve never seen anything like this,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Hackers usually go after your data. In France, they went after the frozen peas. A cyberattack on refrigeration systems hit more than 400 supermarkets in France, forcing some stores to throw out food, according to The New York Times<\/a>. About 300 Intermarch\u00e9 and Netto stores were affected, along with 80 Coop\u00e9rative U and 30 Monoprix locations. The attack targeted systems from three companies that remotely control refrigerators, according to France\u2019s National Cybersecurity Agency.<\/p>\n So far, no one has claimed responsibility for the hack, and Paris prosecutors have yet to identify the culprits. Dominique Schelcher, head of French grocery chain Coop\u00e9rative U, called the attack \u201cunprecedented\u201d and \u201cextremely serious.\u201d \u201cThey\u2019re attacking the French people\u2019s food supply,\u201d he said in an interview with RTL radio.<\/p>\n Schelcher hasn\u2019t estimated losses, but says a refrigeration failure can cost a small supermarket tens of thousands of dollars. \u201cIn my entire professional career, I\u2019ve never seen anything like this,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n