Paris has launched an investigation and said it would push for European-level sanctions against Tehran . France on Monday accused Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of carrying out a cyberattack on supermarket refrigeration systems last month that led to fresh and frozen food being spoiled at around 700 retailers.
France opens investigation
The consequences were serious. Some refrigeration units were heated to such high temperatures that they caught fire. In the hours after the attack, supermarket workers had to dispose of boxes of spoiled meat and melted ice cream.
Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said in a statement, “A judicial investigation has been opened against the head of the Iranian group Shahid Kaveh, an offensive cyber unit affiliated with the Electronic and Cyber Center of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC-CEC), against his two deputies, and against any other individuals who may be identified.
