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On November 2, local time, the temperature in European supermarket refrigerators soared up to 50 degrees Celsius.
When freezer doors are opened, melted ice cream drips down.
Employees sweep spoiled meat and frozen foods into garbage bags.
The cause was a hacking attack.
Someone accessed the facility control system and remotely manipulated the refrigeration and freezing equipment, switching them to "defrost mode" to drive up the temperatures.
Similar incidents occurred in France last month and at a US military base food store last August.
However, it has not yet been revealed who carried out these attacks or why.
Are refrigerators in South Korea's supermarkets safe? Check out the full story of the refrigerator hacking incidents and the domestic situation through the video.
(Produced by SBS Intellectual Contents IP Department | Written by Kim Chae-hyun | Edited by Park Seo-yeon | Designed by Cho Seung-hyun | Narrated by So Hwan-wook)