France Accuses Iran of Cyberattack on Supermarkets, Vows Sanctions

Paris. France has accused Iran of cyberattacking the refrigeration systems of about 700 supermarkets nationwide, spoiling food supplies. France has stated that it will impose European sanctions on those responsible, concluding that a group affiliated with Iran's paramilitary Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was involved in the attack.

During the attack on October 12, the refrigerator temperature rose to 50 degrees Celsius for about six hours. This affected about 700 out of 10,000 supermarkets in France. Shops had to discard fresh and frozen food items, and the Intermarché supermarket group reported losses worth millions of euros in a single day.