French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barro said Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was behind the October cyber attacks on refrigerators and freezers in French supermarkets. "The responsibility for this attack lies with the Revolutionary Guards," he said. The prosecutor's office in Paris opened an investigation.
In a mid-October attack, hackers gained control of the temperature-regulating software and raised it to 50 degrees, according to one affected network, causing food to spoil. The damage amounted to millions of euros. Three weeks later, similar attacks occurred in seven other European countries. Barrow will seek retaliatory measures against Iran and has summoned the country's ambassador. Iran has not yet responded to the statement.