Hackers heat French supermarket fridges, sparking fires and spoiling food

Daily Maverick · 2026-10-12T21:26:45.000Z · World

PARIS, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Hackers raised the temperature of refrigerators and freezers at hundreds of French supermarkets to as high as 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit) overnight, causing fires and spoiling food.

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