Two Belgian Ministers Split in Public Over an Iranian Link to Refrigerator Cyberattacks, as the Interior Minister Says Very Likely and the Foreign Minister Says Evidence Is Insufficient After an Attack That Raised Temperatures at Dozens of Stores
Belgian Interior Minister Bernard Quintin said Iran was very likely behind the recent refrigerator cyberattacks on European shops, while Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot said there was insufficient evidence to draw conclusions.
There was enough evidence from our security services for me to say that Iran is very likely behind the cyberattacks we have seen targeting our shops, Quintin told Belgian broadcaster VRT NWS on Thursday evening, and he made similar comments earlier on Thursday.
Prévot struck a more cautious tone, saying in a statement that the information currently available to us is insufficient to officially hold Iran responsible.
He added that any official attribution of a cyberattack to a foreign actor must be handled through the Foreign Ministry and that Belgium federal prosecutor office was still investigating the matter.
The attack earlier this month raised temperatures in refrigerator and freezer units at dozens of stores, French officials on Monday accused Iran Revolutionary Guards of responsibility for similar attacks last month and said there would be consequences for Iran, and Iran has routinely denied carrying out malicious cyber operations.
Source: Reuters
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