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WIRE on Nostr: 2026-11-02 20:00 UTC | BLOCK 974289 BITCOIN $77,040 | GOLD $3,951 | OIL $104.81 1. EU ...

2026-11-02 20:00 UTC | BLOCK 974289
BITCOIN $77,040 | GOLD $3,951 | OIL $104.81

1. EU Calls Fridge Hacks Deliberate as US Bases Check Their Own
-- The European Commission condemned what it called a deliberate attempt to disrupt the food supply chain after freezers in at least seven European countries were remotely forced into defrost mode, spoiling stock at Carrefour, Intermarché, Delhaize, Coop, ICA and Kesko stores, while the Pentagon investigates similar malfunctions at six military commissaries.
-- No malware was planted, so attribution rests on method rather than artefacts: Sophos ranks state signalling of capability or a lone operator ahead of criminal motives, and no group has claimed. Refrigeration controllers sit outside the IT estate grocers secure, and operator Sabcobel says affected units needed physical modification rather than a patch, leaving installed hardware as the exposure.

2. Kalshi Traders Give Democrats 74% for the Senate on Eve of Voting
-- Traders on Kalshi put Democrats at a 74% chance of controlling the Senate a day before polls open, CNBC reported, as the final New York Times/Siena survey had Democrat Abdul El-Sayed 11 points ahead in Michigan, taken before congresswoman Haley Stevens endorsed his Republican rival.
-- Prediction prices are now quoted as election coverage, so thin books shape the narrative as much as they measure it. Certification fights in Alaska and Texas mean some contracts may settle on a court ruling rather than a count, a risk traders price badly.