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Paris prosecutor opens probe into IRGC cyber unit Shahid Kaveh over fridge cyberattacks

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The Paris prosecutor said she had opened an investigation into Shahid Kaveh, a shadowy cyber unit of the IRGC, the Islamic republic's ideological army, over the 'unprecedented' cyberattacks targeting French supermarkets' fridges in October.

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  1. France 24

    Paris prosecutor opens probe into IRGC cyber unit Shahid Kaveh over fridge cyberattacks (opens France 24)

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    The Paris prosecutor said she had opened an investigation into Shahid Kaveh, a shadowy cyber unit of the IRGC, the Islamic republic's ideological army, over the 'unprecedented' cyberattacks targeting French supermarkets' fridges in October.

  2. Al Jazeera

    What is Shahid Kaveh, ⁠⁠the Iran cyberunit tied to France’s fridge hacking? (opens Al Jazeera)

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    IRGC-linked unit operates through front groups posing as vigilante hackers to hit adversaries, says French intelligence.

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