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More European grocery stores hit by apparent fridge-freezer hacks

Sabcobel's chief executive says technicians began mobilizing at one a.m. to disconnect affected units from the network; Carrefour Belgium reported trouble in about fifteen of its seven hundred stores.

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  1. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentGrocery chains in Belgium, Luxembourg and Sweden say fridge and freezer temperatures shot up overnight, and an Estonian chain was hit too, just weeks after a similar attack in France.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOne store in Sjobo, Sweden, posted on Facebook that its freezers had been hacked and set to fifty degrees Celsius.

  3. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat's about one hundred twenty-two Fahrenheit.

  4. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentCarrefour Belgium had trouble in about fifteen of its seven hundred stores, and Coop in Sweden had six of eight hundred.

  5. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentHackers want volume. Your kitchen has a fridge, a freezer, and a drawer of ketchup packets.

  6. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo my fridge is safe?

  7. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentI bet nobody has reported a single home fridge.

  8. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThese people wanted dozens of stores at once, and Sabcobel's chief executive said technicians started at one a. m. to disconnect the units.

  9. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorEat a sandwich. A cold one, if you can find it.

  10. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentYour fridge isn't a target. Leave the door open for the leftovers and it's already a hundred twenty-two degrees in there. Back tomorrow, same time.

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