🌡 🇫🇷 🏬 Hundreds of French supermarkets have been hit by a cyber attack that caused their fridges and freezers to heat up, spoiling fresh and frozen food estimated to be worth millions of euros.

Hackers reportedly gained control of the software that regulates the temperatures of the refrigeration units, forcing some to warm to 50C (120F) overnight.

Almost 100 of the chain's stores were targeted, while between 150 and 200 Intermarché supermarkets were affected, according to the AFP news agency.

Intermarché said its fridges had heated up to 50C for six hours overnight into Monday, and the retailer had thrown away all the affected food to avoid health risks, the Reuters news agency reported.

Prosecutors in Paris confirmed the cyber attack and indicated it had prompted fire outbreaks, according to AFP.

📝 Rushi: "We’ve connected so much of our physical world to the internet that apparently even keeping milk cold is now a cybersecurity problem."

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