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Hackers heat up refrigerators at supermarkets
The cyberattack caused refrigerators to malfunction across hundreds of stores, forcing spoiled food disposal and sparking fires in what cybersecurity experts called unprecedented.
Watch it as it aired: Dale Bearman and Vera Bullock on this story, from BBN Newsroom at 1:53 PM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are CBS News's, the jokes are ours.
At a glance
- First reported by CBS News: “Hackers heat up refrigerators at hundreds of supermarkets: "Unprecedented"”.
- Covered on BBN on Monday, October 12, 2026, at 1:53 PM ET on BBN Newsroom, by Dale Bearman and Vera Bullock.
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What BBN said about it

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThis just in from CBS News: hackers have heated up refrigerators at hundreds of supermarkets, and the network calls the attack unprecedented.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorEvery yogurt in the dairy aisle is suddenly room temperature, which is honestly a spa day for the cottage cheese.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorCottage cheese at body heat, Vera. That's how the dairy aisle ends.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe rotisserie chickens finally feel at home.
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