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France summons Iranian ambassador over cyber attack on supermarket refrigerated windows

Iran has denied French accusations of involvement in large-scale cyber attacks on supermarket refrigeration equipment, calling them "baseless and biased."

Original: Франція викликала посла Ірану через кібератаку на холодильні вітрини супермаркетів

World 12 independent outlets · 24 articles translated from Ukrainian
Постраждали близько 700 магазинів. Франція звинуватила Іран у кібератаці на холодильники супермаркетів
Photo: NV (New Time)

What happened

In France, it is suspected that the cyber attacks, which recently disabled commercial refrigerators, were supported by Iran hackers.

What outlets write

  1. UNN 9 November, 21:42
    «France has blamed the IRGC for cyber attacks on refrigeration equipment in 700 stores»
  2. European Pravda 10 November, 11:23 and 1 more outlet
    «France will seek European countries to take action against Iran in response to cyber attacks on hundreds of refrigerated storefronts»
  3. Dzerkalo Tyzhnia (ZN.ua) 10 November, 20:56
    «Paris has accused Tehran of carrying out the attacks»
  4. Ekspert 10 November, 13:19
    «Nearly 700 supermarkets in France have suffered a massive cyber attack, during which hackers remotely raised the temperature in the freezers from minus 27 to more than 50 degrees»
  5. Ukrinform 9 November, 20:02 and 2 more outlets
    «Paris has already summoned the Iranian ambassador and will offer partners in the EU to impose new sanctions against those involved»
  6. Ekspert 10 November, 13:19
    «Thousands of tons of food had to be destroyed, fires broke out in some stores, and French authorities blamed the attacks on Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps»

Who reports

12 independent outlets · 24 articles