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Supermarket fridges in Belgium and Sweden overheated in suspected cyberattacks

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Refrigeration systems at supermarkets including , Colruyt and stores were remotely set to around 50°C overnight on 2 November, with some stores blaming a cyberattack. Attackers reportedly switched evaporators into forced defrost mode, the same method used against hundreds of French stores in mid-October, which involved equipment and caused fires and food losses.

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