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Not cool: who hacked France s supermarket fridges?


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2026-10-17 04:03:06
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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 on thousands of freezers, fridges and chiller cabinets pushing them from as low as -27C (-16.6F) to well over 50C (122F).

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Not cool: who hacked France’s supermarket fridges?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/17/who-hacked-frances-supermarket-fridges

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 on thousands of freezers, fridges and chiller cabinets pushing them from as low as -27C (-16.6F) to well over 50C (122F).

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France
Cybercrime
Supermarkets
Food
Retail industry
Europe
Business
Technology
World news
Paris
Hacking
Data and computer security
European Union
Internet
Sat, 17 Oct 2026 04:00:20 GMT
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/17/who-hacked-frances-supermarket-fridges

Photograph: Lucien Libert/Reuters


Photograph: Lucien Libert/Reuters


Photograph: Lucien Libert/Reuters

Kim Willsher in Paris
2026-10-17T04:00:20Z

Source: Guardian
Source Link: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/17/who-hacked-frances-supermarket-fridges


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