France Accuses Iran's Revolutionary Guards of Supermarket Fridge Hacks

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot says the IRGC carried out October's cyberattack that heated fridges and freezers in hundreds of French supermarkets, and vows EU sanctions. Telegram channel GeoPWatch adds that France summoned the Iranian ambassador and reportedly reports fires. Reuters reported the suspicion earlier, citing sources.

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Sources

• Cyber-attack on French supermarket freezers has geopolitical context (The Guardian)
• 🇫🇷❌🇮🇷 - The U.S. also believes Iran was behind the cyberattacks according to the Wall Street Journal. @GeoPWatch (geopwatch on Telegram)
• 🇫🇷❌🇮🇷 - France has officially accused Iran’s IRGC of carrying out last month’s cyberattacks on supermarket refrigeration systems. The attacks affected hundreds of supermarkets, causing food spoilage… (geopwatch on Telegram)
• France blames Iran’s Revolutionary Guards for cyber-attacks on supermarket fridges (The Guardian)
• France accuses Iran of supermarket fridge hacking (BBC)
• French officials blame Iran for supermarket fridge hacking (DW)
• France accuses Iran of cyberattack on European fridges (Al Jazeera)
• French officials suspect Iran was behind the October cyberattack that heated supermarket refrigerators across France. READ MORE (clashreport on Telegram)
• EXCLUSIVE: French officials suspect Iran is behind refrigerator hacks, sources say (Reuters)

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