France ties October supermarket fridge attacks to Shahid Kaveh
Original title: France blames Iranian hackers for supermarket attacks that sparked fires
Attackers raised defrost temperatures overnight on October 11–12; France has not attributed the later European wave.
France’s foreign ministry and Cyber Crisis Coordination Center blamed the IRGC unit Shahid Kaveh for October attacks that compromised industrial refrigeration controllers at about 700 French retail sites, causing food losses and at least 15 fires. CERT-FR said defrost settings were remotely set to high temperatures. The same period included moderate effects on Schneider Electric gear at small hydro plants. France said it would summon Iran’s ambassador and seek EU sanctions, while attributing only the October attacks.
Unconfirmed: France attributes only the October supermarket attacks; the November wave and blood-service incident are not attributed to Iran.
- Named victims include Casino, Leclerc, Coopérative U, Metro, Carrefour and Intermarché.
- Authorities put food losses in the tens of millions of euros.
- CERT-FR cites FOFA use, Farsi traces and an October 13 CyberbanNews post.
- Aliases listed include CyberAveng3rs, Soldiers of Solomon, Mr. Soul and Cyber Isnaad Front.
- A November wave hit more than 115 stores in six countries and was not attributed.
Impact: Food spoilage, fires and altered refrigeration controller settings
| Product | Affected |
|---|---|
| Schneider Electric industrial equipment | — |
- Vendors
- Schneider Electric
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France has linked October cyberattacks that disrupted refrigeration systems at more than 700 supermarkets and other retail locations to Iranian state-backed hackers, saying the attacks caused food losses and sparked at least 15 fires. [...]
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