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France's Supermarket Fridges - Overnight Defrost, Tens of Millions in Lost Stock, and the Controllers Exposed to the Internet
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Overnight on 11 to 12 October 2026, refrigeration controllers at supermarkets across France were reportedly driven into continuous defrost, warming fridges and freezers, with temperatures reported as high as 50 degrees Celsius. Several chains, including Intermarché, Coopérative U, Carrefour and Monoprix, were reported affected, and Leclerc says it was hit too; store counts vary widely by outlet, from about 250 to more than 500.
Reported so far: the Paris prosecutor opened an investigation…
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