French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot on Monday accused Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corp of being behind a recent cyberattack on French supermarket fridges, saying there would be consequences for the Islamic Republic.
\n\nMeanwhile the Paris prosecutor’s office said it had requested international arrest warrants against the leader of Shahid Kaveh, an offensive cyber unit affiliated with the Revolutionary Guards, and his two deputies.
\n\nThe hacks that struck hundreds of French supermarkets in early October were among the most disruptive cyberattacks of the Iran war that began in February, a conflict that has been marked by scattered incidents of alleged digital disruption.
\n\nThese have included hacks against the Los Angeles transit system in March, against U.S. water treatment plants in July and against ships bound for the United States in August.
\n\nIran’s mission to the United Nations did not return messages seeking comment. Iran routinely denies carrying out malicious cyber operations.
\n\nBarrot said the Iranian ambassador had been summoned to France’s foreign ministry. He also threatened further European Union sanctions against Iran.
\n\nThe Oct. 11 cyberattack, which overrode the temperature controls on commercial fridges in hundreds of establishments, appeared to have been easy to pull off, cybersecurity experts previously told Reuters.
\n\nThe…
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