Cyberattack on European refrigerators: France accuses Iran's Revolutionary Guards
France's foreign affairs chief has identified Iran's Revolutionary Guards as responsible for the attack on supermarket refrigerators. European sanctions are being considered.
France identifies Iran behind cyberattack targeting supermarket refrigerators
The Revolutionary Guards of the Islamic Republic of Iran are behind the cyberattack against supermarket refrigerators in France in October, announced French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Noël Barrot on Monday. According to L'Essentiel, sanctions are being considered "at European level".
"I am able to confirm that responsibility for this attack lies with the Revolutionary Guards of the Islamic Republic of Iran. This is an attack of unprecedented scale and unprecedented aggressiveness," Barrot declared.
The minister specified that Iran's ambassador to France had been summoned on Monday for a formal protest. "We will take sanctions at European level against all those responsible for this attack," he added.
These cyberattacks have affected refrigeration systems in several European countries in recent weeks. In Luxembourg, four Delhaize stores were affected by the incident.
Last week, Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov had rejected any Russian involvement, describing such accusations as "absolutely absurd" and lacking any "argument" or "evidence".
Source: L'Essentiel