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France opens probe into Iranian cyber unit over fridge attacks

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Lead development · 11/9/2026, 7:24:54 PM UTC

France opens probe into Iranian cyber unit over fridge attacks

France on Monday said Iran's Revolutionary Guards were behind "unprecedented" cyberattacks on supermarket fridges in the country last month, vowing sanctions on a European level against Tehran. Swathes of French supermarkets were hit in the October 11 and 12 cyberattacks, which raised the temperatures in their refri…

Technology · 11/9/2026, 6:33:00 PM UTC

French officials blame Iran for supermarket fridge hacking

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."

Technology · 11/9/2026, 8:06:09 PM UTC

Paris prosecutor opens probe into IRGC cyber unit Shahid Kaveh over fridge cyberattacks

The Paris prosecutor said she had opened an investigation into Shahid Kaveh, a shadowy cyber unit of the IRGC, the Islamic republic's ideological army, over the 'unprecedented' cyberattacks targeting French supermarkets' fridges in October. Little is known about the Shahid Kaveh unit, although analysts have long obs…