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Hackers hit up to 700 French supermarkets' freezers causing fires
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Hackers pushed freezer temperatures from -27C to over 50C, cooking food overnight and starting fires in some stores. Gérôme Billois, a partner at cybersecurity firm Wavestone, suggested it was either young hackers or state sabotage, naming Iran and Russia as known culprits. The Paris prosecutor's office opened an investigation, and Danfoss, the Danish controller maker, noted the units ran outdated firmware.
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