French supermarkets hit by fridge hacking cyberattack | 7NEWS

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A cyberattack on internet-connected fridges and freezers affected 300 supermarkets across France, causing temperatures to soar to 80 degrees and spoiling tens of millions of dollars worth of produce. The hack exploited a known vulnerability in Danish company Danfoss refrigeration systems that many stores had failed to patch with a security update released the previous year. Fires broke out in some supermarkets due to the overheating equipment, and Australian retailers are now checking their own systems for similar vulnerabilities.

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