French officials accuse Iran of being behind refrigerator hacks
- 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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Iran has denied involvement in cyberattacks on refrigerators and freezers in about 700 supermarkets in France. The Iranian Foreign Ministry described Paris’s accusations as “unfounded and biased” and condemned the policy of blaming Tehran. France blamed Iran for the attack on November 9. Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said the operation was carried out by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. He said the attack was unprecedented in scale and…
France Says Iran Hacked 700 Supermarket Sites — Then Refrigeration Systems Caught Fire – 100PercentFedUp.com – by Jack
France says an IRGC-linked cyber unit sabotaged refrigeration controllers at roughly 700 retail sites, causing major food losses and at least 15 fires.
The sabotage of hundreds of French refrigerating installations, attributed to a unit of the Guardians of the Revolution, brings the conflict into our supermarkets. Intimidation calculated or poorly controlled initiative, the operation asks a question about Tehran's intentions. And another on the consequences of an aggression against France... Read article France–Iran: war in the cold chain! appeared first on Causer.
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