How hackers took control of hundreds of refrigerators in supermarkets across France, raising the temperature to 50 degree celsius sparking fires and spoiling food

Cyberattacks are moving well beyond stealing email account passwords, corporate data breaches and compromising smartphones. A wave of cyberattacks have impacted people’s dinner tables in France. Media reports pouring in from the country say that the Paris prosecutor’s office has launched an investigation following an overnight cyberattack that seized remote control of commercial refrigeration and freezer units across hundreds of French supermarkets.

By overriding internal heating controls, attackers forced temperatures up to 50°C (122°F), triggering small fires, melting cooling equipment and…