France blames Iran for cyberattack on supermarket fridges

We contacted Iran's foreign ministry a couple of hours ago. We're still waiting to hear from them, but a lot of observers here scratching their heads, many describing these accusations as another attempt at smearing the Islamic Republic. Thank France and Western powers have accused the Islamic Republic of many things. But this accusation is a first. you It's new. The French government, the French foreign ministry accusing the Islamic Republic, very the Revolutionary Guard, of attacking refrigerators and freezers, according to the French foreign ministry. It was last month during the overnight hours of October 11th much. and October 12th when these alleged cyber attacks happened. And the French government is convinced that the Revolutionary Guard, the cyber unit hackers within the cyber unit called Shahid Kaveh, are responsible. They believe that they somehow gained access to software that controlled the temperature in these refrigeration systems, hundreds of refrigerators and freezers, and they managed to remotely. Turn the temperatures up, heat them up to a point where billions of dollars of meat and perishable goods were destroyed. Now, here's where things get murky from Tehran's point of view. Nowhere in his statements did the French foreign minister say how he reached the conclusion. Reuters also did an investigative piece. Nowhere in that report do they say how they reached the conclusion that the Revolutionary Guard were involved. Nevertheless, The French foreign ministry making it clear that it was the Revolutionary Guard. They summoned the ambassador and now threatening European-wide sanctions. We're still waiting to hear from Iran.