PropTech1 warns legacy building tech leaves European real assets exposed to rising cyberattacks

• PropTech1 warned cyber risk in European real assets is now “CFO relevant,” reshaping operating costs, insurance terms, financing, asset-hold decisions.
• It cited October attacks that forced Danfoss refrigeration controllers into continuous defrost at up to 50°C across 250–350 French supermarkets.
• One Super U store reported EUR 220,000 in losses; nationwide losses were estimated at several million euros amid reports of fires.
• The analysis flagged legacy, internet-exposed building systems as a key vulnerability; one researcher counted 2,752 Danfoss systems reachable online.
• PropTech1 said AI could sharply lower attacker costs, increasing risk to building devices, prompting tighter asset inventories, contracts, capex planning, incident response.

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