France Accuses Iran's IRGC of Hitting 280 Supermarkets in Fridge Cyber-Attack
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Updated · bbc.co.uk · Nov 9
France Accuses Iran's IRGC of Hitting 280 Supermarkets in Fridge Cyber-Attack
3 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Nov 9
Summary
Hundreds of French supermarkets were hit after hackers seized refrigeration controls on Oct. 11, pushing some fridge temperatures to 50C overnight and spoiling food worth millions of euros.
France said the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps carried out the attack, which Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot called unprecedented in scale and aggression, and pledged EU-level sanctions against those responsible.
More than 100 Coopérative U stores and 180 Intermarché and Netto outlets were affected; Iran has not yet responded to the allegation.
Paris prosecutors also opened an investigation into the head of the IRGC-linked Shahid Kaveh cyber unit and two deputies, as similar fridge attacks last week hit dozens of supermarkets in seven other European countries.