The cyberattacks on refrigeration in Europe and on US military bases

The French attack hit stores including Intermarché and Coopérative U, and reports also named E. Leclerc, Carrefour and Monoprix among chains that may have been affected.^[1] One major grocer shut down websites serving customers in Europe and the United States,^[1] and staff found pools of water beneath freezers and spoiled produce.^[2] In early November, supermarket fridges and freezers in seven European countries, including Sweden, Belgium and Luxembourg, malfunctioned after their thermostats were turned up remotely, in a second apparent attack in as many weeks.^[3] France's national blood service then said hackers had raised temperatures at three cold stores holding blood products, an attack its alarm systems stopped before any were compromised.^[4]

In late October, US officials said the Pentagon was treating a spate of freezer malfunctions that spoiled food at military bases across the country in August as a suspected hack, with Army, commissary and defense investigators looking into it.^[6][7] On November 9, France said Iran's Revolutionary Guards were behind the "unprecedented" attacks on its supermarkets, which it said had caused fires; French prosecutors sought international arrest warrants for the leader of an affiliated cyber unit, and France vowed to seek European sanctions against Tehran.^[5] The plot at RAF Fairford, which Britain also tied to Iran, is followed in its own Story.