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An 'unprecedented' cyberattack hit hundreds of French supermarkets overnight, targeting refrigeration systems and causing temperatures to spike, which sparked fires and spoiled large quantities of fresh and frozen food. The attack left store shelves empty across France and is estimated to have caused losses worth millions of euros. Authorities are investigating the large-scale hack, which represents one of the most significant cyber incidents to hit the retail sector in France, raising concerns about the vulnerability of critical commercial infrastructure to cyberattacks.