French officials blame Iran for supermarket fridge hacking
France on Monday blamed Iran for last month's cyberattack on supermarket fridges and summoned the Iranian ambassador, the French Foreign Ministry said.
Key points
- The recent cyberattack on refrigerators and freezers in supermarkets in France was organized by Iran's Revolutionary Guards, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot has said, describing the hacking as "unprecedented.".
The cyber-attack last month saw fridges and freezers in hundreds of supermarkets across France heated up.
Paris says a cyber unit linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guard was behind hack, which hit more than 1,000 stores.
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