{
  "id": 14168234,
  "title": "Cyberattack hits hundreds of French supermarkets, spoiling millions of euros in food",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/cyberattack-hits-hundreds-of-french-supermarkets-spoiling-millions-of",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-13T09:15:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/cyberattack-hits-hundreds-of-french-supermarkets-spoiling-millions-of-euros-in-food"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Hundreds of supermarkets across France have been targeted in an unprecedented cyberattack that remotely altered the temperatures of fridges and freezers, causing large quantities of fresh and frozen food to spoil. Major retailers, including Carrefour, Monoprix, E.Leclerc and Coopérative U, were affected, with the Les Mousquetaires group reporting around 300 impacted stores. Losses could reach…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "Hackers raise fridge temperatures at hundreds of French supermarkets to spoil food",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/hackers-raise-fridge-temperatures-at-hundreds-of-french-supermarkets",
        "published": "2026-10-12T20:40:08.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
        "title": "Hackers Turn Hundreds Of French Supermarket Fridges Into Ovens: Frozen Food Worth Millions Spoiled",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/hackers-turn-hundreds-of-french-supermarket-fridges-into-ovens-frozen",
        "published": "2026-10-13T04:18:48.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}