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November 2: Suspected Freezer Hacks and Rising AI Borrowing Costs
In cybersecurity
Store freezers across six European countries reportedly reached temperatures as high as 50 degrees Celsius in suspected cyberattacks. Reports include dozens of cooling systems in Sweden and Belgium, following a similar attack in France weeks earlier.
Separately, hacked air alert apps in Ukraine and Russia issued fake nuclear warnings Sunday evening. Neither government has confirmed who was responsible.
A breach at travel technology provider Amadeus has exposed tens of thousands of airline reservations across Asia. Japan Airlines confirmed that customer data was accessed. Qantas is investigating whether its bookings were also affected.
In Colombia
Four people, including a baby, were killed in a bombing in western Colombia, an official says. The attack appears to have targeted a military base. Responsibility has not been established.
Financing the AI buildout
Blackstone-backed data center operator QTS is seeking debt financing at 2.2 to 2.5 percentage points above comparable Treasury yields, according to people familiar with the matter. Six months ago, it considered a nearly identical $800 million deal at a narrower spread, but that borrowing never went through. Blackstone declined to comment.
Google parent Alphabet has also launched its second euro bond sale this year. Morgan Stanley says AI-related borrowing reached almost $500 billion through September, compared with $100 billion over the same period last year, even as investors grow more cautious about that debt.
Florida jet crash
A Learjet crashed into a mobile home park in Palm Beach County, Florida, on Sunday, killing everyone on board.
Toddler food recall
Once Upon a Farm is voluntarily recalling its Tractor Wheels soft-baked bars because of a potential choking hazard for toddlers.
China's manufacturing slowdown
China's manufacturing growth slowed in October. Intense domestic competition has pushed producers to cut prices, while trading partners say Chinese imports are undermining their industries. The Financial Times reports that China has doubled chemical production in five years and now accounts for roughly half of global output.
Venezuela's oil workforce
A shortage of skilled workers is holding up oil investment in Venezuela, where major companies are looking again with encouragement from the Trump administration. Decades of mismanagement, corruption and emigration have depleted the industry's workforce. An estimated 5,000 Venezuelan oil and gas workers are in the United States alone. Many are wary of returning because they fear renewed authoritarianism.
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