{"id":15137,"date":"2026-11-10T11:10:27","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T11:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=15137"},"modified":"2026-11-10T11:10:27","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T11:10:27","slug":"france-summons-irans-ambassador-over-supermarket-fridge-sabotage-cybersecurity-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=15137","title":{"rendered":"France summons Iran\u2019s ambassador over supermarket fridge \u2018sabotage\u2019 | Cybersecurity News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The French government said it is seeking tough sanctions to deter further cyberattacks across Europe.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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France says it has summoned Iran\u2019s ambassador to Paris \u201cto lodge a very strong protest\u201d after it accused Tehran of carrying out a major cyberattack targeting supermarket fridges last month.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt marks the first large-scale cyberattack aimed at sabotage on our national territory, and it constitutes a major attack on the nation\u2019s interests and the security of the French people,\u201d Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI can also tell you that we rule nothing out and will take all measures \u2013 including those we may not disclose publicly \u2013 that we deem proportionate and necessary to deter any further attacks,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Barrot, speaking on France Info \u200c\u200ctelevision, said the government would push for European Union sanctions in response to what he called an \u201cattack of unprecedented scale and aggression in our country\u201d.<\/p>\n

He said firm measures would be taken \u201cto deter anyone who might be tempted, in Iran or elsewhere, to do it again\u201d.<\/p>\n

On Monday, Barrot said Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was behind cyberattacks targeting more than 700 French supermarkets on October 11 and 12, when refrigerators were remotely accessed \u201cto initiate abnormal, indefinite defrost cycles\u201d.<\/p>\n

Raised temperatures in fridges forced the supermarkets to throw away all perishable food.<\/p>\n

Millions of euros\u2019 worth of food was spoiled, according to retailers. In some cases, the raised temperatures sparked fires or melted equipment.<\/p>\n

French supermarket groups E-Leclerc, Intermarche, Carrefour, Monoprix and Cooperative U were all hit.<\/p>\n

Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said on Monday she had opened an investigation into Shahid Kaveh, a cyber unit of the IRGC, over the attacks.<\/p>\n

The prosecutor\u2019s office has requested international arrest warrants be issued for two Shahid Kaveh officials.<\/p>\n

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Boxes of perished goods outside an Intermarche supermarket after a cyberattack targeted refrigeration systems on October 13, 2026 [Lucien Libert\/Reuters]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Similar incidents have since been reported in other European countries.<\/p>\n

In a suspected cyberattack on November 2, temperature spikes were recorded in stores in Belgium, Estonia, Ireland, Luxembourg and Sweden.<\/p>\n

Jody Westby, chief executive of Global Cyber Risk LLC, said tracking down the group directly responsible for the attacks is \u201cvery difficult\u201d because of poor cooperation on international cybercrime investigations.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a problem for 20 some years, and now it\u2019s a little better, but only marginally so,\u201d Westby told Al Jazeera. She said that it was difficult to track and trace the origin of such attacks \u201cbecause of the nature of packet switching\u201d.<\/p>\n

In recent days, European air traffic has also been disrupted by false bomb alerts against dozens of flights, although the origin of those threats has yet to be determined.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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