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Cyberattack on French supermarkets causes fires, millions in losses

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A cyberattack targeting supermarket refrigeration systems has left shelves empty across France. Hackers remotely raised temperatures to 50 degrees Celsius, triggering fires and forcing hundreds of stores to discard food.

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