France accuses Iran’s Revolutionary Guards of hacking supermarket refrigerators

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot on ⁠Monday accused Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corp of being ⁠behind ​a ⁠recent cyberattack on ⁠French supermarket fridges, ​saying there ⁠would ‌be consequences for the Islamic Republic.

Meanwhile ‌the Paris ‌prosecutor’s office said it ⁠had requested international arrest warrants against the leader of Shahid Kaveh, an offensive ‌cyber unit ​affiliated ‌with the Revolutionary ⁠Guards, and ⁠his two ‌deputies.

The hacks that struck hundreds of French supermarkets ⁠in early October were among the most disruptive cyberattacks of the Iran war that began in February, a conflict that has been marked by scattered incidents of alleged digital disruption.

These have included hacks against the Los Angeles transit system in March, against U.S. water treatment plants in July and against ships bound for the United States in August.

Iran’s mission to the United Nations did not return messages seeking comment. Iran routinely denies carrying out malicious cyber ⁠operations.

Barrot said the Iranian ambassador had been summoned to France’s foreign ministry. He also threatened further European Union sanctions against Iran.

The Oct. 11 cyberattack, which overrode the temperature controls on ⁠commercial fridges in hundreds of establishments, appeared to have been easy to pull off, cybersecurity experts previously told Reuters.

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