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France Attributes Large-Scale Cyber Sabotage of Supermarket Refrigeration Systems to Iranian Revolutionary Guard

France has formally blamed Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps for a major cyberattack that disrupted refrigeration systems in hundreds of supermarkets across the country. Prosecutors identified the Shahid Kaveh group as the perpetrator and opened a judicial investigation into organized cybercrime committed in the interests of a foreign power. The October 12 incident caused temperatures in affected stores to reach 50°C for six hours, resulting in massive food spoilage and tens of millions of euros in losses for chains such as Intermarché. French authorities summoned the Iranian ambassador, announced plans for European sanctions, and requested international arrest warrants for the group’s leaders. ANSSI also linked the Shahid Shoostari group, another IRGC-affiliated unit, to earlier attacks on Charlie Hebdo and the Paris 2024 Olympic Games organizing committee. Similar refrigeration-related incidents were reported in several other European countries during the same period.