French officials accuse Iran of being behind refrigerator hacks
French prosecutors say the hacks affected about 700 stores and caused fires and food spoilage worth millions of euros.
- France accused Iran's Revolutionary Guards of carrying out cyberattacks that disrupted commercial refrigerators and freezers across the country.
- The attacks affected hundreds of French supermarkets in early October and were among the most disruptive cyber incidents linked to the Iran war.
- French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot summoned Iran's ambassador to the Foreign Ministry and warned of possible consequences.
- France threatened additional EU sanctions against Iran, while Iran's UN mission did not comment and Tehran has routinely denied involvement in malicious cyberattacks.
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France Says Iran's Guards Behind Cyberattacks On Supermarket Fridges
Swathes of French supermarkets were hit in the October 11 and 12 cyberattacks, which raised the temperatures in their refrigerators, in some cases forcing them to throw away entire inventories of perishable food.
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‘Sabotage’: Iran blamed for hack attacks on European fridges
France’s foreign minister vowed to punish Tehran over the chaos at European supermarkets after cyberattackers sent refrigerator temperatures soaring, destroying food at hundreds of stores.
France: Cyberattacks on Supermarkets Were Iran
France says the culprit behind its widepread supermarket refrigerator meltdowns is Iran. As the BBC reports, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot on Monday accused Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of orchestrating a cyberattack that removed thought temperatures in refrigerators and freezers in hundreds of French supermarkets last month, spoiling food...
French authorities have accused Iran of being behind a cyberattack that caused refrigerators in several supermarkets across Europe to overheat, resulting in the spoilage of millions of euros worth of food.
The French Public Prosecution Service has launched an investigation into the head of an Iranian group that allegedly sabotaged the cooling systems of approximately 700 French supermarkets in October. Major supermarket chains such as Intermarché and E.Leclerc had to throw away stock because hackers caused the temperature in refrigerators and freezers to rise to 50 degrees. According to the French news channel BFM, the investigation focuses on th…
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