French authorities accuse Iran of being involved in commercial refrigeration hacks.
The prosecutor's office in Paris has opened an investigation against an Iranian national suspected of involvement in recent cyber attacks on commercial refrigeration systems across France, according to Reuters.
Following the announcement, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Brut publicly accused Iranian security forces of orchestrated involvement, alleging that state-backed activists directed the cyber intrusion that disrupted cooling controls at hundreds of commercial plants.
"The security forces of the Iranian regime are behind the cyber attack on the refrigerators," claimed the French foreign minister, in an attempt to attribute responsibility directly to Tehran.
In response to the allegations, Paris has summoned Iran's ambassador to France to issue a formal protest over what French officials say is cyber sabotage orchestrated by the country.
However, Western authorities and French prosecutors have failed to produce any technical documentation, forensic digital evidence or verified intelligence linking the remote temperature manipulation to Tehran.