France opens probe into Iranian cyber unit over fridge attacks
What happened
France has blamed Iran's Revolutionary Guards for cyberattacks that overheated supermarket fridges across the country on 11 and 12 October, and promised European-level sanctions against Tehran.
The Paris prosecutor's office has opened an investigation into the head of the Shahid Kaveh cyber unit, linked to the Guards' cyber centre, and his two deputies.
Prosecutor Laure Beccuau said the attackers hit refrigeration controllers made by Danfoss and Dixemm at about 700 French retail sites, causing major food losses and around twenty fires.
Investigators found a method typical of the unit, use of Farsi and IP addresses pointing to devices located in Iran, according to Beccuau.
Iran's foreign ministry called the accusations baseless and hostile, the BBC reported.
Similar hacks hit supermarkets in Belgium, Luxembourg, Sweden, Ireland, the Netherlands, Estonia and Finland; the BBC said it is not known whether they are linked.
“It is an attack of unprecedented scale and unprecedented aggression.”
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