France threatens actions against Iran over supermarket cyberattacks
Summary
France says it will seek European measures against Iran over cyberattacks that disrupted supermarket refrigeration systems. Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said Iran’s ambassador would be summoned and that France had not ruled out further responses, while prosecutors investigate an alleged Iranian cyber unit.Key Facts
- The attacks on October 11 and 12 affected hundreds of French supermarkets and raised the temperatures in refrigerators, spoiling perishable food.
- Barrot said France would summon Iran’s ambassador and seek European-level sanctions.
- Barrot said France could take other measures it considers necessary to deter further attacks.
- Barrot accused Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of orchestrating the attacks.
- Prosecutors opened an investigation into Shahid Kaveh, which they describe as a cyber unit of the Revolutionary Guard.
- The prosecutor’s office requested international arrest warrants for two Shahid Kaveh officials.
- Similar suspected attacks on freezer systems were reported on November 2 in at least nine other European countries.
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