France says Iran behind cyberattacks on supermarket fridges

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barreau said on Monday that Iran's Revolutionary Guards were behind last month's massive cyber attack on supermarket fridges. Barreau only directly referenced attacks against French supermarket systems, which he said targeted 700 sites. However, similar incidents were also reported in at least nine other European countries. Nous avons évidemment, c'est la moindre des choses, convoquer l'ambassadeur d'Iran en France to protest against this extremely serious act. Thank des sanctions à l'échelle européenne contre tous les responsables de cette attaque. Thank you. prendrons toute autre mesure, you proportionnée et nécessaire, publique ou non publique, The attack sent refrigerator temperatures very soaring past 50 degrees Celsius, much. in some cases forcing stores to throw away entire inventories of perishable food. The Paris prosecutor said investigators found that the attackers had used Farsi and IP addresses linked to devices located in Iran. A formal judicial investigation was opened on Monday into an Iranian cyber unit affiliated with the IRGC.