France blames Iran’s Revolutionary Guards for supermarket cyberattacks

France has blamed Iran’s Revolutionary Guards for cyberattacks on supermarket refrigeration systems. Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said about 700 supermarkets were affected overnight on October 11–12, with goods damaged and fires reported.

France summoned Iran’s ambassador and said it would seek European sanctions against those responsible. Paris prosecutors requested international arrest warrants for the head of an Iranian cyberattack unit and two deputies. Germany was also affected, but its security authorities have not determined who was behind the attacks there.