BREAKING: 🇫🇷 A major cyberattack has hit supermarket refrigeration systems across France, reportedly causing fresh and frozen food to spoil after hackers remotely manipulated temperature controls. According to BFMTV, the attack began overnight from Sunday into Monday, targeting older versions of refrigeration-control software supplied by Danish company Danfoss. The attackers allegedly exploited the systems’ defrosting function, forcing refrigeration equipment to heat continuously instead of keeping products cold. Temperatures were reportedly set as high as 50°C, destroying entire stocks of food within hours. Several major supermarket chains have been affected, including Intermarché, Super U and Metro stores and independent businesses, including butcher shops also have been impacted. Around 150 Intermarché stores are reportedly affected, according to industry sources cited by BFMTV. The full number of affected locations remains unclear. The financial damage is already significant. In Haguenau, Alsace, an Intermarché store reportedly lost its entire frozen-food stock, worth approximately €50,000. A nearby Super U allegedly had to discard both fresh and frozen products, with losses estimated at €220,000. An store in the same town was also affected, although its losses had not yet been calculated. The combined losses reported at the Intermarché and Super U stores in Haguenau alone amount to around €270,000. Nationwide damage could reach several million euros. Intermarché reportedly confirmed the incident in an internal communication, warning that several stores had suffered losses of frozen products. Coopérative U also acknowledged the attack and established crisis teams to assist affected stores and coordinate with refrigeration specialists. Technical investigations are ongoing, and the full extent of the damage has yet to be established. Authorities and companies are still working to determine the full circumstances of the attack. The identity of the perpetrators has not been confirmed.

NEW: 🇳🇴 Chinese-owned rental cars used by the Norwegian Armed Forces reportedly recorded soldiers, their movements and security codes during a major military exercise in Oslo, raising serious questions about the security of vehicles used in sensitive military operations. The incident occurred during Operation Hovedstad, held from September 14 to 18, when Norway’s Home Guard District 02 trained for security operations, including scenarios involving the defence of Oslo Airport during wartime. The Armed Forces had rented the cars through Hertz Norway under a nationwide rental agreement signed in 2024, worth up to 350 million Norwegian kroner and running until May 2028. Hertz Norway’s ownership chain ultimately leads to China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, which also owns Volvo Cars. The agreement provides rental vehicles for exercises, operational activities and everyday military use. During the exercise, soldiers discovered that the cars had recorded and stored video footage. Lieutenant Fredrik Blanck told Norwegian newspaper Dagens Næringsliv (DN) that the recordings showed who entered and exited the vehicles, where they travelled, whom they picked up and how long they remained at different locations. More concerningly, the footage reportedly captured security codes entered by soldiers when opening military gates. Some access points require both a key card and a code, meaning the recordings could expose sensitive access procedures. The vehicles remained in use throughout the exercise because alternative transport was in limited supply.

Apart from the Netherlands, France has already moved its remaining 129 tonnes of gold held at the New York Fed, with all of its roughly 2,437 tonnes now held domestically. Germany 🇩🇪 has also seen renewed political calls to bring its remaining 1,236 tonnes in New York back home, including calls from economists, politicians and taxpayer groups. Italy 🇮🇹 has also seen public calls for its gold held in the US to be repatriated amid concerns over the changing US-European relationship.

Russia is now threatening retaliation against British military targets, with Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova saying they could be targeted in Ukraine and beyond Ukraine in response to strikes using British-supplied weapons.

NEW: 🇲🇩 Moldova’s airspace was violated by five drones overnight on the country’s Independence Day. According to Moldova’s Ministry of Defence, five drones entered Moldovan airspace during the night of August 27, Moldova’s Independence Day, amid ongoing Russian drone attacks against Ukraine. Most of the incursions were recorded around Ștefan Vodă, near Moldova’s border with Ukraine. Several drones briefly entered Moldovan airspace before returning to Ukraine, while another crossed deeper into Moldova before disappearing from monitoring systems near the Transnistrian region. This comes only hours after another unauthorized airspace incursion near Palanca on August 26.

CORRECTION: 🇺🇸 The video circulating does not show the U.S. Embassy in Moscow. It shows the American Center in Moscow, which is located within the U.S. Embassy complex and extremely close to the embassy itself. So the earlier interpretation about the U.S. Embassy flag being removed was incorrect. All of these buildings are located in the same broader U.S. Embassy complex/area in Moscow, which is why they can look connected or be easily confused.

UPDATE | We now have a much clearer picture of what happened in Iraq overnight. Iraq’s Federal Commission of Integrity has confirmed that judicial arrest warrants are being executed against individuals accused of misappropriating public funds. The Commission says the operation is being conducted strictly under Iraqi law and is the result of coordination between the judicial, executive and legislative authorities. Iraqi state media, citing senior sources, now reports the arrest of MPs Mohammed al-Karbouli and Alia Nassif on corruption charges. This is important: al-Karbouli is a Sunni politician, while Nassif is a prominent Shiite MP. The confirmed names therefore do not support the initial theory of a crackdown directed exclusively against the Sunni opposition. The overnight raids appear to be part of the broader anti-corruption campaign ordered by Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi, following judicial warrants and investigations that expanded after the detention of former Deputy Oil Minister Adnan al-Jumaili. We should still remain cautious about the much longer lists circulating online. The operation is confirmed, as are some arrests, but the complete list of detainees has not yet been officially released.