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  "id": 14027526,
  "title": "Hackers heat French supermarket fridges, sparking fires and spoiling food",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/hackers-heat-french-supermarket-fridges-sparking-fires-and-spoiling-14027526",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-12T18:36:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times - World News",
    "slug": "hindustan-times-world-news",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/hackers-heat-french-supermarket-fridges-sparking-fires-and-spoiling-food-101791830187857.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "French supermarkets experienced a widespread attack where hackers raised the temperature of refrigerators and freezers to as high as 50 degrees Celsius overnight. This caused fires and spoiled food at hundreds of stores across the country. France's National Cybersecurity Agency, along with other European countries, is investigating the incident. Some major retailers affected include Carrefour, Monoprix, and Intermarche, with losses estimated at tens of millions of euros.",
  "summary": "FRANCE-CYBERATTACK:Hackers heat French supermarket fridges, sparking fires and spoiling food",
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        "outlet": "Hacker News",
        "title": "Hackers activate automatic defrosting accross European supermarket fridges",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/hackers-activate-automatic-defrosting-accross-european-supermarket",
        "published": "2026-10-12T12:16:42.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Sky News",
        "title": "Hackers heat French supermarket fridges to 50C in 'large-scale' cyber attack",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/hackers-heat-french-supermarket-fridges-to-50c-in-large-scale-cyber",
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        "title": "Hackers Heat French Supermarket Fridges, Sparking Fires and Spoiling Food",
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        "published": "2026-10-12T18:00:00.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Daily Maverick",
        "title": "Hackers heat French supermarket fridges, sparking fires and spoiling food",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/hackers-heat-french-supermarket-fridges-sparking-fires-and-spoiling-14027290",
        "published": "2026-10-12T19:30:07.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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