# Hackers raise French supermarket fridge temperatures, causing fires and food losses

https://mins.news/en/item/96670

- Reuters, 2026-10-12 15:05 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/french-supermarket-chain-intermarche-hit-by-cyberattack-150-stories-targeted-2026-10-12/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6accf72876e0550001f0c366

> Hackers raised the temperature of many French supermarket fridges to 50 degrees Celsius overnight, triggering fires and food losses at several hundred stores nationwide in what was described as a major cyberattack.

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