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  "id": 17927910,
  "title": "Fridge cyberattack on supermarkets across Europe prompts EU warning",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/fridge-cyberattack-on-supermarkets-across-europe-prompts-eu-warning-17927910",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-03T07:18:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Local France",
    "slug": "the-local-france",
    "url": "https://www.thelocal.fr/20261103/fridge-cyberattack-on-supermarkets-across-europe-prompts-eu-warning"
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  "summary": "A suspected cyberattack hit grocery stores across at least nine European countries on Monday, prompting the EU to warn of a deliberate attempt to disrupt the bloc's food supply chain.",
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        "published": "2026-11-02T12:28:52.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Supermarket fridges in Europe hit by new cyberattack: ‘everything is destroyed’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/supermarket-fridges-in-europe-hit-by-new-cyberattack-everything-is",
        "published": "2026-11-02T14:18:58.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Dawn",
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        "title": "Supermarket cyberattacks spread across Europe: Fridges turned up to 50ºC",
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        "published": "2026-11-02T15:53:53.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Fridge cyberattack hits supermarkets across Europe",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/fridge-cyberattack-hits-supermarkets-across-europe-17823010",
        "published": "2026-11-02T16:10:30.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "Cyberattack on supermarket fridges sweeps across Europe, one month after similar incident in France",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/cyberattack-on-supermarket-fridges-sweeps-across-europe-one-month",
        "published": "2026-11-02T16:36:52.000Z"
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        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "New cyberattack on supermarket fridges sweeps across Europe",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/new-cyberattack-on-supermarket-fridges-sweeps-across-europe",
        "published": "2026-11-02T16:42:03.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "CBC Business",
        "title": "Another cyberattack on supermarket fridges sweeps Europe, leaving food spoiled",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/another-cyberattack-on-supermarket-fridges-sweeps-europe-leaving-food",
        "published": "2026-11-02T17:58:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Fridge cyberattack hits supermarkets across Europe",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/fridge-cyberattack-hits-supermarkets-across-europe-17846352",
        "published": "2026-11-02T19:19:28.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Local Germany",
        "title": "Fridge cyberattack on supermarkets across Europe prompts EU warning",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/fridge-cyberattack-on-supermarkets-across-europe-prompts-eu-warning",
        "published": "2026-11-03T07:18:39.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Local Spain",
        "title": "Fridge cyberattack on supermarkets across Europe prompts EU warning",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/fridge-cyberattack-on-supermarkets-across-europe-prompts-eu-warning-17927882",
        "published": "2026-11-03T07:18:39.000Z"
      }
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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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