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France accuses Iran’s IRGC of supermarket fridge cyberattacks

newsNov 9, 202639181

France’s foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot on Monday accused Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of carrying out an October cyberattack that remotely sabotaged supermarket refrigeration systems and spoiled produce at around 700 retailers. Paris said the attack forced defrost cycles, caused large food losses and triggered some refrigeration units to catch fire. The Paris prosecutor opened an investigation and identified the use of Farsi and IP addresses pointing to devices located in Iran, and has probed the head of Shahid Kaveh, a cyber unit affiliated with the IRGC, plus two deputies. France summoned Iran’s ambassador and said it will seek retaliatory measures at the European level, including sanctions. French officials noted similar refrigeration hacks hit supermarkets in Sweden, Belgium and Ireland earlier this month, though links to the French incident remain unclear.

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