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  "title": "Hackers heat French supermarket fridges, sparking fires and spoiling food",
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  "published": "2026-10-12T21:33:10.000Z",
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  "summary": "Hackers raised the temperature of refrigerators and freezers at hundreds of French supermarkets to as high as 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit) overnight, causing fires and spoiling…",
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        "title": "Hackers heat French supermarket fridges to 50C in 'large-scale' cyber attack",
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        "title": "Hackers heat French supermarket fridges, sparking fires and spoiling food",
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        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "Hackers heat French supermarket fridges, sparking fires and spoiling food",
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