On Thursday, November 12, the Belgian government announced that Iran may be involved in cyber attacks on the refrigerators of chain stores in the country this month.
Bernard Quentin, Belgium's interior minister, said about this in parliament: "Based on the reliable evidence obtained by our institutions, Iran could be the cause of the attacks on the cooling systems of several large chain stores; just as happened in France."
He added that he prefers to exercise "diplomatic caution" in this regard. Belgium's interior minister described the cyber attack in the country as an act to "create instability".
The Belgian Foreign Minister, Maxim Provo, also said that it was too early to officially attribute the cyber attack.
On November 2, dozens of supermarkets across Belgium reported problems with their refrigeration systems, forcing some to throw away the available food.
Similar problems were also reported by stores in Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal and Sweden.