France accuses Iran of the cyberattack against supermarkets

ParisFrance points to Iran as responsible for the cyberattack that affected hundreds of French supermarkets on the night of October 11 to 12. As reported by Le Figaro and FranceInfo, French intelligence services have identified the Iranian group Shahid Kaveh as the perpetrator of the cyberattack that raised the temperature of refrigerators and freezers in various supermarket chains. It is a secret unit of hackers linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the military body that reports to the Iranian regime. "I am in a position to confirm that the responsibility for this attack lies with the Revolutionary Guards. It is an attack of unprecedented scale and aggression," confirmed French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot.

"French services are in a position to attribute the attack perpetrated on the night of October 11 to 12 against several hundred supermarkets and their refrigeration systems to the cyber center of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of the Islamic Republic of Iran," a source close to the case cited by Le Figaro. According to the same newspaper, the Paris Prosecutor's Office, specialized in the fight against cybercrime, has opened an investigation into this cyberattack.

The French minister has announced that "European-scale sanctions against all those responsible for this attack" will be adopted and explained that he has summoned the Iranian ambassador to France on Monday "to protest vigorously against this act of extreme gravity".

Around 700 French supermarkets were victims of the cyberattack, which caused millions in losses. The hackers manipulated the computer system that regulates the temperature of the coolers and raised the temperature so much that in about twenty supermarkets, fires even occurred.