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Iran accused of hacking French grocery store refrigerators
Paris prosecutors say Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targeted hundreds of supermarkets in October, causing food spoilage and fires.
In brief
Paris prosecutors say Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targeted hundreds of supermarkets in October, causing food spoilage and fires. French prosecutors accuse Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of hacking 700 grocery store refrigeration units in October, causing significant food spoilage and roughly…
Iran targeted French supermarkets
The Paris prosecutor's office said Monday that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps hacked 700 retail locations across France on October 11.
Attack caused widespread damage
The hacking attack caused significant food spoilage and triggered roughly twenty fires as temperatures in refrigeration units shot up uncontrollably.
How the attackers worked
Attackers gained remote control via web interfaces, initiating indefinite abnormal defrost cycles while disabling safety alerts designed to trigger at specific temperature thresholds.
Evidence pointed to Iran
The investigation uncovered attack methodology characteristic of the Iranian unit, including use of Persian language and IP addresses tracing back to devices located in Iran.
Similar attacks spread across Europe
Weeks after the French attacks, similar hacks affected refrigerators and freezers at supermarkets in Belgium, Luxembourg and Sweden, though no connection has been officially asserted.
What it means
French prosecutors accuse Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of hacking 700 grocery store refrigeration units in October, causing significant food spoilage and roughly twenty fires.
