France accuses Iran of hacking supermarket fridges across Europe

France has accused Iran of carrying retired cyber-attacks that disrupted refrigeration systems successful hundreds of supermarkets, causing caller and frozen nutrient worthy millions of euros to spoil.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot made the allegation astatine a quality conference, blaming Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, IRGC, for the attack.

He described the incidental arsenic "unprecedented successful some its standard and its level of aggression. "

He said France would "implement sanctions astatine the European level against each those liable for this attack."

The attack, which happened past month, progressive hackers taking power of bundle utilized to modulate the temperatures of supermarket refrigerators and freezers crossed France.

More than 100 Coopérative U supermarkets were affected, alongside 180 outlets operated by Intermarché and its Netto brand.

Reports indicated that temperatures successful immoderate stores roseate to 50C overnight, damaging ample quantities of nutrient stored successful the affected units.

The incidental happened connected October 11, erstwhile hackers reportedly gained entree to the systems controlling refrigeration instrumentality successful the supermarkets.

Meanwhile, dozens of supermarkets successful 7 different European countries were deed by a akin cyber-attack past week. However, it remains unclear whether the incidents were connected.

Iran has not yet responded to the French government's allegations.

Separately, the Paris prosecutor, Laure Beccua...