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France vows tough response to freezer cyberattack blamed on Iran

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    France vows tough response to freezer cyberattack blamed on Iran

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    EU ready for 'united response' after France blames Iran for fridge hacks

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  1. Independent Journal Review

    France accuses Iran Guards of nationwide fridge cyberattack (opens Independent Journal Review)

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    France has accused Iran’s Revolutionary Guards of orchestrating cyberattacks that disrupted commercial refrigerators and freezers across the country, spoiling food and reportedly causing fires. French prosecutors have requested international arrest warrants for the leader of an affiliated cyber unit…

  2. Local News 8

    France blames Iran for ‘unprecedented’ supermarket fridge cyberattack (opens Local News 8)

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    By Issy Ronald, Pierre P Bairin, CNN (CNN) — France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot has blamed Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps for last month’s supermarket fridge cyberattack which spoiled fresh and frozen produce at around 700 retailers.

  3. KTVZ Bend

    France accuses Iran of supermarket fridge cyberattack (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    By Issy Ronald, Pierre P Bairin, CNN (CNN) — France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot has blamed Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps for last month’s supermarket fridge cyberattack which spoiled fresh produce at around 700 retailers. This is a developing story and will be updated.

  4. Al Jazeera

    France accuses Iran of cyberattack on European fridges (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Paris says a cyber unit linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guard was behind hack, which hit more than 1,000 stores.

  5. Bloomberg

    Iran Suspected of Fridge Hacks, French Prosecutors Say (opens Bloomberg)

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    Paris prosecutors said they suspect Iran was behind the cyberattacks that crippled refrigeration systems last month and affected around 700 supermarkets throughout France, causing food losses and starting fires.

  6. Deutsche Welle

    French officials blame Iran for supermarket fridge hacking (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    The recent cyberattack on refrigerators and freezers in supermarkets in France was organized by Iran's Revolutionary Guards, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot has said, describing the hacking as "unprecedented."

  7. BBC News

    France accuses Iran of supermarket fridge hacking (opens BBC News)

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    The cyber-attack last month saw fridges and freezers in hundreds of supermarkets across France heated up.

  8. Al-Monitor

    France blames Iran for supermarket fridge hack, seeks EU sanctions (opens Al-Monitor)

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    French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot on Monday blamed Iran for the October cyberattack that disabled refrigeration at supermarkets across France.

  9. France 24

  10. Al-Monitor

    French officials accuse Iran of being behind refrigerator hacks (opens Al-Monitor)

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    By Raphael Satter and Gabriel Stargardter PARIS, Nov 9 (Reuters) - French officials on Monday accused Iran's Revolutionary Guards of responsibility for the cyberattacks that knocked outcommercial refrigerators and freezers across France last month, saying there would be consequences for Iran.

  11. Al-Monitor

    French officials blame Iran for refrigerator hacks, vow retaliation (opens Al-Monitor)

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    By Raphael Satter and Gabriel Stargardter PARIS, Nov 9 (Reuters) - French officials on Monday accused Iran's Revolutionary Guards of responsibility for the cyberattacks that knocked outcommercial refrigerators and freezers across France last month, saying there would be consequences for Iran.

  12. The Guardian

    France blames Iran’s Revolutionary Guards for cyber-attacks on supermarket fridges (opens The Guardian)

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    French foreign minister vows European sanctions against Tehran over ‘unprecedented’ hacks last month Europe live – latest updates France has said Iran’s Revolutionary Guards were behind “unprecedented” cyber-attacks on supermarket fridges in the country last month, vowing European sanctions against …

  13. KOB 4

    France blames Iran for a cyberattack that heated supermarket refrigerators (opens KOB 4)

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    France has blamed Iran for a cyberattack on supermarket fridges last month. The French Foreign Ministry summoned the Iranian ambassador on Monday. The attack on October 12 sent refrigerator temperatures soaring, affecting about 700 of the country’s 10,000 supermarkets.

  14. WTOP Washington DC

    France blames Iran for the massive cyberattack on supermarket fridges and summons Iranian ambassador (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    PARIS (AP) — France blames Iran for the massive cyberattack on supermarket fridges and summons Iranian ambassador.

  15. CBS News

    France says Iran behind costly grocery store refrigeration hacks (opens CBS News)

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    The Paris prosecutor's office says investigators have determined that a cyberattack on grocery store chains was "carried out to serve a foreign power — in this case, Iran."

  16. Philadelphia Inquirer

    France blames Iran for the last month's cyberattack on supermarket fridges (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    France has blamed Iran for a cyberattack on supermarket fridges last month

  17. Courthouse News Service

    France says Iran’s Guards behind cyberattacks on fridges (opens Courthouse News Service)

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    The Paris prosecutor announced an investigation into an Iranian cyber unit affiliated with the Islamic republic's ideological army, which also branched out into cyberwarfare, over the attacks.

  18. Al-Monitor

    France says Iran behind 'unprecedented' cyberattacks on fridges (opens Al-Monitor)

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    France on Monday said Iran's Revolutionary Guards were behind cyberattacks on supermarket fridges in the country last month, vowing sanctions on a European level against Tehran over the first such large-scale cyber sabotage on French territory.

  19. Wall Street Journal

    France, U.S. Suspect Iran Was Behind Cyberattack on European Fridges (opens Wall Street Journal)

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    France’s foreign minister accused Iran of orchestrating the attack on 700 supermarkets.

  20. Philadelphia Inquirer

    France blames Iran for last month's cyberattack on supermarket fridges (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    France has blamed Iran for a cyberattack on supermarket fridges last month

  21. Financial Times

    France accuses Iran of cyber attacks on supermarket refrigerators (opens Financial Times)

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    Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps named in prosecution over incidents that destroyed food and triggered fires

  22. Bleeping Computer

    France blames Iranian hackers for supermarket attacks that sparked fires (opens Bleeping Computer)

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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. [...]

  23. Gizmodo

    France Blames Iran for Cyberattacks That Sabotaged 700 Grocery Stores (opens Gizmodo)

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    No one takes kindly to their frozen goods going bad.

  24. France 24

    France opens probe into Iranian cyber unit over fridge attacks (opens France 24)

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    France on Monday said Iran's Revolutionary Guards were behind "unprecedented" cyberattacks on supermarket fridges in the country last month, vowing sanctions on a European level against Tehran. Swathes of French supermarkets were hit in the October 11 and 12 cyberattacks, which raised the temperatur…

  25. Forbes

    France Blames Iran For Cyberattack That Heated Supermarket Refrigerators—Causing Millions In Damage (opens Forbes)

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    French officials said evidence pointed to an Iranian Revolutionary Guard unit as responsible for the “unprecedented” cyberattack.

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