{
  "id": 14212943,
  "title": "From Frozen To Fried! Hackers Allegedly Heat Supermarket Fridges To 50°C Across France, Sparking Fires & Massive Food Losses",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/from-frozen-to-fried-hackers-allegedly-heat-supermarket-fridges-to-50",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-13T13:41:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/tech/from-frozen-to-fried-hackers-allegedly-heat-supermarket-fridges-to-50c-across-france-sparking-fires-massive-food-losses"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A significant cyberattack has targeted the refrigeration systems of countless French supermarkets, prompting retailers to discard spoiled food. Authorities are probing software flaws in response to the incident, which has since spread across Europe. Hackers manipulated the temperatures of fridges and freezers at hundreds of supermarkets in France, raising them to as high as 50°C, leading to fires and widespread food loss in a major cyberattack that disrupted several prominent retail chains. French authorities say a \"large-scale\" cyberattack is affecting connected refrigerators in multiple major food retailers across France, resulting in food losses and fires.",
  "summary": "A large-scale cyberattack targeted refrigeration systems at hundreds of French supermarkets, forcing retailers to discard spoiled food. Authorities are investigating software vulnerabilities as similar disruptions emerge across Europe. Hackers raised temperatures inside refrigerators and freezers at hundreds of supermarkets across France to as high as 50°C, triggering fires and causing widespread…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "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"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}