France says Iranian hackers sabotaged supermarket refrigerators
Summary
France blamed an Iranian military hacking unit for attacks on refrigeration systems at about 700 retail locations on Oct. 11–12. French officials said the attacks caused food losses worth tens of millions of euros and at least 15 fires; France plans to summon Iran’s ambassador and seek new EU sanctions.Key Facts
- France’s foreign ministry attributed the attacks to Iran on Nov. 9.
- The government’s Cyber Crisis Coordination Center named Shahid Kaveh, a unit within Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
- Hackers raised temperatures in refrigeration equipment, according to French officials.
- The operation also targeted equipment at small hydroelectric facilities, with limited effects, according to an intelligence report.
- French intelligence linked Shahid Kaveh to online personas including CyberAveng3rs and Soldiers of Solomon.
- Investigators found attack infrastructure that scanned industrial equipment using techniques previously associated with Shahid Kaveh.
- France has not publicly linked a separate wave of refrigeration attacks from the previous week to the same hackers.
- French intelligence has linked the unit to earlier attacks on Israeli refrigeration equipment and industrial controllers made by Unitronics.
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