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Not cool: who hacked France’s supermarket fridges?

TechnologyBy Kim Willsher in ParisOct 17, 2026, 4:00 AM
Not cool: who hacked France’s supermarket fridges?
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PUBLISHEDOct 17, 2026, 4:00 AM
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Whether it was youngsters proving their skills or state sabotage, Europe’s most hacked country was left with a mountain of waste after food began cooking in freezers Shortly before midnight last Sunday, the digital thermostats controlling hundreds of supermarket cold aisles across France began to flicker and rise.

In a “bizarre and unprecedented” cyber-attack, hackers had remotely overridden the temperature settings…

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