# Cyberattack hits hundreds of French supermarkets, overheating fridges and sparking fires

https://mins.news/en/item/97515

- CNBC, 2026-10-13 06:44 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/13/france-supermarket-hack-cyberattack-fridges-fires.html

> Hackers mounted a large-scale cyberattack on hundreds of French supermarkets, causing refrigerators to overheat, food to spoil and fires to break out.

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