High schools aren’t the only things on fire in France right now. This week, fridges and freezers in hundreds of supermarkets were targeted by unknown hackers in a cyberattack. Internal thermostats were cranked up as high as 50 degrees Celsius, sparking fires and melting countless glaces and bâtonnets de poisson. Tonnes of products have had to be dumped, causing tens of millions of euros’ worth of damage. Supermarket chains – including Intermarché and Monoprix – were among those impacted.
When even our fridges are ‘online’, a meltdown is inevitable
