Hackers Turned French Supermarket Freezers Into Ovens Overnight
Overnight, while shoppers slept, hundreds of French supermarkets were quietly cooking their own stock. In a French supermarket cyberattack confirmed by retailers on Monday, hackers took remote control of internet-connected refrigeration systems and pushed fridge and freezer temperatures as high as 50 degrees Celsius (122F). By morning, tonnes of food had perished, some equipment had melted, and in some stores the heat had sparked fires. The cyberattack did not rely on a new exploit. It targeted ageing connected devices that were still online years after their manufacturer stopped supporting th
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