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Bessent ties attacks on French fridges to Chinese AI model
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AI → tie → model
A Chinese artificial intelligence model was used in recent hacks that disabled refrigerators in French supermarkets, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Nov 12.
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Bessent → use → Nov
The hacks in France affected about 700 supermarkets and the country’s public blood bank, forcing grocers and retailers to throw out damaged food.
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hacks → affect → food
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot pointed the finger at Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard.
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Barrot → point → Guard
Supermarkets in Belgium, Ireland, Sweden, Finland and Estonia also reported cyberattacks on cooling systems.
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Supermarkets → report → systems
“I don’t know who here saw the refrigerators and 150 grocery stores in France that got turned off,” Bessent said, in a speech at the Heritage Foundation on Nov 12.
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Bessent → know → Nov
Probably the worst of all worlds, the Iranians using a Chinese model.
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Iranians → use → model
Sums up the world, doesn’t it?”
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it → sum → world
Bessent is set to join US President Donald Trump in Asia in the next week, where he is scheduled to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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he → set → Jinping
The Treasury chief has been working on an artificial dialogue with the Chinese and plans on having further discussions with his counterpart, Vice-Premier He Lifeng, in Shenzhen in the coming days.
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chief → work → days
The cyberattacks were executed through centralised fridge controllers, connected to the internet, which allow contractors to remotely monitor temperatures.
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contractors → execute → temperatures
Attackers gained access to some of those systems and manipulated their settings, triggering prolonged defrost cycles that caused refrigerators and freezers to heat up.
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refrigerators → gain → cycles
Bessent warned that Chinese models “are dangerous because they don’t have guardrails on” their versions of the AI tools.
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they → warn → tools
Bessent and Trump’s visit to Asia will also take place in the wake of reports that an alleged Chinese spy had a relationship with Jensen Huang, the chief executive officer of America’s most important AI hardware firm, Nvidia.
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spy → take → firm
Huang resigned on Nov 12.
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Huang → resign → Nov
Bessent did not touch on the controversy in his remarks.
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Bessent → touch → remarks
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