France initiates national inquiry alleging Iranian cyber campaign targeting supermarket refrigeration equipment
France has opened a formal investigation and alleged that Iran conducted recent cyber‑attacks aimed at the refrigeration units installed in the refrigeration systems of supermarkets throughout Europe.
French authorities said on Monday that they are probing a cyber division linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Forces after the assaults caused several kitchen fires and produced significant food loss.
Foreign Minister Jean‑Noel Barrot announced that the Iranian ambassador was summoned and that Europe‑level sanctions are to be imposed on Tehran over the incident.
The Paris prosecutor’s office reported it has requested international arrest warrants for Shahid Kaveh, leader of an offensive cyber unit affiliated with the Revolutionary Guard, and his two deputies.