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Hackers heat French supermarket fridges, sparking fires and food losses

First reported 2026-10-12 15:46 UTC · Updated 2026-10-12 16:38 UTC · 2 independent sources

Hundreds of Intermarché shops and Coopérative U outlets in France hit, with fears Dutch chains also affected Hackers have forced the temperature of many French supermarket fridges up to 50C overnight, in an “unprecedented” cyber-attack affecting several hundred stores across the country, with fires…

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Who reported it

  1. 2026-10-12 15:46 UTCCyprus Mail via Reuters · cyprus-mail.com ↗
  2. 2026-10-12 16:33 UTCTimesLIVE via Reuters · timeslive.co.za ↗
  3. 2026-10-12 16:35 UTCMyJoyOnline · myjoyonline.com ↗
  4. 2026-10-12 16:38 UTCGuardian via Reuters · theguardian.com ↗

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