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Refrigerators in French supermarkets are being targeted by remote hackers, who are dialing up their temperature to more than 120 degrees.

Paris authorities reported Monday that a large-scale cyber-attack is affecting connected refrigerators ⁠in several ​major food retailers across France.” The tampering, which affected hundreds of retail locations across the country, has caused loss of food inventory and resulted in fires.