France says Iran behind cyberattacks on supermarket fridges

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Nov 10, 2026
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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.
