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French supermarket director apologises after cyber-attack spoils fresh and frozen food - video

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French supermarket director apologises after cyber-attack spoils fresh and frozen food - video

A cyber-attack caused refrigeration temperatures to soar to 50C overnight on Monday across several hundred French supermarkets, with widespread food losses reported.

At Intermarché La Haye, the attack caused fridge temperatures to reach 27C (80F), spoiling fresh and frozen food, according to store director Julien Freret. 'Today, we have a total loss of fresh and frozen,' Freret said, apologising to customers and describing the incident as 'an enormous loss of products' Hackers force French supermarket fridges to heat up to 50C in ‘unprecedented’ cyber-attack Continue reading...

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