alt Hacker NewsThere was a cyberattack in France with 350-400 supermarkets having its fridges heated to 50C, instantly defrosting and spoiling food.
When your fridges hit 50C, that’s not a bug... thats a hotfix
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algoth1 • today at 7:15 PM
Meanwhile, inside your odd sandboxed environment there's an agent changing a folder name to "zz_thermostat-disabled_answerkey_not_in_carrefour"
silver92bullet • today at 6:37 PM
Are we aware if these attacks are actually connected?
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fwip • today at 6:29 PM
They didn't actually hit 50C, right? I read it as setting the thermostat to 50C, which basically would just turn off the cooling compressor entirely - not heat the fridge.
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olelele • today at 6:11 PM
badum-tsch
Hackers activate automatic defrosting in supermarket fridges across Europe - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50055304 - Oct 2026 (971 comments)