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Hackers overheat Intermarché fridges, causing fires and food waste
Original: Hackers heat French supermarket fridges, sparking fires and food losses
Hackers targeted the French supermarket chain Intermarché, tampering with refrigeration systems so that freezers and fridges overheated, sparking small fires and forcing the destruction of spoiled food across around 150 stores. The cyberattack disrupted operations and led to significant stock losses. Commenters are struck by the unusual physical consequences of a purely digital attack, debating how industrial control systems can be better protected against intrusions that cause real-world damage.
Why now: A cyberattack with destructive physical effects on stores, rather than a data breach, is rare and alarming.
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- Hackers heat French supermarket fridges, sparking fires and food losses · salaryman777 · 48
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