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  "id": 14192859,
  "title": "Hackers Heat French Supermarket Fridges, Sparking Fires and Spoiling Food",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/hackers-heat-french-supermarket-fridges-sparking-fires-and-spoiling-14192859",
  "topic": "tech",
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  "published": "2026-10-13T11:49:34.000Z",
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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 food. The Paris prosecutor’s office said Oct. 12 a “large-scale” attack was …",
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        "outlet": "Japan Times",
        "title": "Hackers heat French supermarket fridges, sparking fires and spoiling food",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/hackers-heat-french-supermarket-fridges-sparking-fires-and-spoiling",
        "published": "2026-10-13T00:38:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Hackers heat French supermarket fridges, sparking fires and spoiling food",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/hackers-heat-french-supermarket-fridges-sparking-fires-and-spoiling-14091633",
        "published": "2026-10-13T02:07:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu - Sci-Tech",
        "title": "Hackers heat French supermarket fridges, sparking fires and spoiling food",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/hackers-heat-french-supermarket-fridges-sparking-fires-and-spoiling-14117734",
        "published": "2026-10-13T03:38:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Japan News by The Yomiuri Shimbun",
        "title": "Hackers Heat French Supermarket Fridges, Sparking Fires and Spoiling Food",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/hackers-heat-french-supermarket-fridges-sparking-fires-and-spoiling-14112070",
        "published": "2026-10-13T04:03:07.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hacker News",
        "title": "Attackers Heat French Supermarket Fridges Up to 50°C by Hijacking Danfoss Controllers",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/attackers-heat-french-supermarket-fridges-up-to-50-c-by-hijacking",
        "published": "2026-10-13T08:48:41.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Hackers heat French supermarket fridges, sparking fires and spoiling food",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/hackers-heat-french-supermarket-fridges-sparking-fires-and-spoiling-14189218",
        "published": "2026-10-13T11:13:14.000Z"
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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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