France opens investigation into Iran after cyber attacks in 700 supermarkets

O foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot blamed Iran's Revolutionary Awaiter for the cyberattack that affected refrigerators in about 700 stores, namely supermarkets.

“ This was an attack of unprecedented scale and aggression,” Barrot said this Monday, describing the attack, which took place on 12 October, as “the first large-scale cyberattack carried out for sabotage purposes in French national territory.”.

“It represents a serious attack on the interests of the nation and the security of the French people,” the ruler added, advancing that the country wants to impose retaliation sanctions “at European level.” The Iranian ambassador to France was summoned.

The Paris Attorney’s Office also opened an investigation into “the head of the Iranian Shahid Kaveh group, an offensive cyber unit affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard’s Electronic and Cybernetic Center (IRGC-ECC), against its two deputies and against anyone else who can be identified,” reads in a note issued by the agency and quoted by the French publication Le Figaro.

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