Follow-up: Iran Denies Plotting French Supermarket Fridge Cyberattack, Calling the Accusation Baseless
Iran's Foreign Ministry on November 10 categorically rejected the French government's accusation that Iran plotted cyberattacks on the refrigeration systems of French supermarkets, calling the allegations baseless and malicious and condemning what it described as France's accusatory approach toward Tehran.
The ministry said the accusation was intended to divert public opinion from France's destructive policies toward Iran, and that Iran would not hesitate to take necessary and appropriate measures to protect its national interests and security against unlawful foreign actions.
France's National Cybersecurity Agency, ANSSI, said in a detailed statement on November 9 that Iranian military hackers had taken over refrigeration controllers at around 700 retail sites in France, from supermarkets to butcher shops, on the night of October 11-12, turning up the temperature and spoiling food estimated to be worth millions of euros. Paris Prosecutor Laure Beccuau announced the same day that her office had opened an investigation into the head of Shahid Kaveh, a cyber unit linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and his two deputies, and had requested arrest warrants against two of the officials.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said France had established with certainty that the Revolutionary Guard Corps was behind the attack. France has summoned Iran's ambassador to lodge a strong protest and will seek European Union sanctions against the Iranian individuals and entities involved.
Related: France Accuses Iran's Revolutionary Guard of Supermarket Fridge Cyberattack
Source: Iran Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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Photo: 图：超市冷冻货架（资料图）。摄影：Phillip Pessar，CC BY 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: A supermarket freezer aisle (file photo). Photo by Phillip Pessar, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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