France accused Iran of cyber attacks on refrigerators. More than 700 stores were affected.
Shahid Kowa, a hacker unit linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), is behind the cyber attacks on refrigerators that hit retail chains in France. This is what the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
According to the department, more than 700 retail facilities across France were affected by cyber attacks, causing "tens of millions of euros" in damage.
"This is an unprecedented campaign of cyber attacks in its scope and degree of aggression - the first in the country's history that was carried out solely for the purpose of sabotage," the French Foreign Ministry emphasized.
Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barro promised "sanctions at the EU level against all those involved".
Hackers broke into refrigerators in French supermarkets on the night of October 12. They moved the equipment to the defrost mode and set the temperature to 50 degrees Celsius. As a result, food spoiled and fires broke out in some shops. In early November, retail chains in other EU countries faced similar attacks. The authorities in these countries have not yet filed charges.