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Hackers heat French supermarket fridges, sparking fires
Original: Hackers heat French supermarket fridges, sparking fires and spoiling food
Hackers have remotely tampered with refrigeration systems in French supermarkets, making the freezers overheat. The attacks have caused small fires and spoiled large quantities of chilled food, forcing stores to dump stock and investigate how the cooling systems were breached. The incidents highlight vulnerabilities in internet-connected refrigeration equipment used across the retail sector.
Why now: The unusual hacking method and the risk of physical harm and food waste have drawn wide attention.
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