Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2026
French PM orders ANSSI to investigate supermarket refrigeration cyberattack
Investigation
French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu ordered France's National Cybersecurity Agency (ANSSI) to investigate a large-scale cyberattack that affected connected refrigerators at several major food retailers across France, according to a person in his office. ANSSI identified a vulnerability in software supplied by Danish company Danfoss, whose affected units were running outdated firmware according to the company. France was coordinating with European counterparts because other countries could also be affected, and authorities were assessing whether other French companies were at risk.
Source excerpt
French prosecutors have opened a specific cyber-crime investigation into the incident, which the Paris prosecutor's office called a "large-scale cyber-attack affecting the refrigerators of several major food retail chains across France".
The chief executive of Coopérative U said several of its supermarkets had been hit by the "extremely serious and unprecedented" attack.
Prosecutors opened an investigation.
2026
Cyberattack on Danfoss refrigeration equipment
Issue disclosure
A cyberattack targeted the control systems of Danfoss refrigeration equipment used by retail chains. According to reporting, hackers remotely activated defrost mode on refrigeration equipment in stores across several European countries, causing goods to spoil. The incident concerned the equipment's control systems rather than the stores' own systems as described in the source. No further details on the attackers, the number of affected stores, or the response were provided in the source material.
Retail chains faced an attack on the control systems of Danfoss refrigeration equipment. The article reports that hackers remotely activated defrost mode on refrigeration equipment in stores across several European countries, spoiling goods.
Source excerpt
Hackers remotely activated the defrost mode on refrigerators and freezers in dozens of stores in Belgium, Sweden, the Netherlands, and Ireland, resulting in the spoilage of goods worth hundreds of thousands of euros.
Retail chains also faced an attack on the control systems of Danfoss refrigeration equipment.
2011
Refrigeration-compressor cartel
Danfoss was fined in European and United States proceedings connected with unlawful coordination among refrigeration-compressor manufacturers between approximately 2004 and 2007. The conduct was treated as a competition violation that harmed customers through reduced competition and coordinated pricing.
2010
Debate over wartime commercial activity
Danish press reports revisited claims that Danfoss products had been sold to German occupying forces during the Second World War. Danfoss disputed the characterization of direct trading, while historical accounts commissioned or published about the occupation were discussed in relation to their independence.