EU law will not force fixes for attacked end-of-life fridge controllers
Original title: EU cyber law won’t force fixes for fridge controllers hit in French attack
Paris prosecutors put victims near 700 after French supermarket controllers were driven into a 50°C defrost.
ENISA said the Cyber Resilience Act still requires reports of exploited flaws in end-of-life connected products, but fixes and free updates apply only during the support period the manufacturer sets. The statement follows compromise of internet-exposed refrigeration controllers at French supermarkets, including Intermarché, Carrefour, Monoprix, Leclerc and Coopérative U. ANSSI named Danfoss AK-SM and AK-SC units and Copeland and Dixell xweb products and urged operators to disconnect or filter exposed controllers. Copeland called it a vulnerability in a discontinued generation; no one has claimed the attack.
Unconfirmed: No perpetrator has claimed responsibility; the roughly 700-victim figure and loss estimates are official or reported estimates, and ENISA did not confirm manufacturer notices.
- Handling and free-update duties do not apply once support has ended.
- Products placed on the market before December 11, 2027, are also outside those duties.
- Reporting of exploited vulnerabilities continues after support ends.
- Some units were forced into a continuous defrost cycle at 50°C.
- Spoiled-food losses were estimated in the tens of millions of euros.
Impact: Controllers forced into 50°C defrost; food stock spoiled
| Product | Affected |
|---|---|
| Danfoss AK-SM | end-of-life |
| Danfoss AK-SC | end-of-life |
| Copeland xweb | discontinued, end-of-life generation |
| Dixell xweb | — |
- 1.Disconnect or filter refrigeration controllers that are exposed to the internet.
- Countries
- France
From the original article
3 min read at therecord.mediaThe EU’s Cyber Resilience Act that took effect last month only requires companies to fix vulnerabilities and issue free updates during a product's support period, which manufacturers define.
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