France has accused Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of carrying out cyberattacks targeting supermarket refrigeration systems, which caused fires and spoiled millions of euros worth of food. Paris has launched an investigation into an Iranian cyber unit and vowed to push for European-level sanctions against those responsible.
\n\nFrench Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot made the accusation on Monday, November 9, saying the attacks on October 11 and 12 were carried out by the IRGC. The attacks affected hundreds of supermarkets across France, with hackers allegedly gaining remote access to refrigeration systems and raising temperatures to as high as 50°C overnight.
\n\n"I can confirm that this attack was carried out by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of the Islamic Republic of Iran," Barrot said.
\n\nHe described the incident as "unprecedented in both its scale and its level of aggression", calling it the first large-scale cyberattack aimed at sabotage on French territory.
\n\n"We will implement sanctions at the European level against all those responsible," he added.
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\n\nThe Paris prosecutor's office has opened an investigation into Shahid Kaveh, an offensive cyber unit affiliated with the IRGC's Electronic…
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