Cyber attacks have caused million-dollar losses in several European supermarket chains

A number of supermarkets in France, Belgium and the Netherlands reported on Monday a series of cyber attacks that damaged fresh products and cost millions of euros.

In the case of Belgium and the Netherlands, the "cybersecurity incident" affected the Delhaize and Albert Heijn groups, which did not have to close their establishments but have suspended their home delivery services.

The impact has been greater in the French state. The pirates entered the freezer remote control system and launched a rapid melting program, placing them at 50 degrees and damaging the products.

Thierry Cotillard, president of Les Mousquetaires , one of those affected, declared that he has suffered "tens of millions of euros of damage at the national level "and called it a" disaster. "

Without pointing out who might be behind the attack, Cotillard said it could serve an economic purpose, with pirates seeking ransom from the affected companies, but warned that they could also "aim to destabilize the political context."

"If supermarkets do not supply it, the people will be hungry, and a hungry people will go to revolution. It would be a disaster, "said the director, who warned of the risk of hacking supply systems and logistics systems that would leave supermarkets without products.

The French Government took this attack very seriously and ordered an investigation based on possible security failures by theDanish company Danfoss , responsible for the damaged cooling systems.

In addition tosupermarkets CooperativeU and Intermarché , the attack also affected supermarkets in Netto, Leclerc, Monoprix and, according to some media outlets, Carrefour .