Iran blamed for hack attacks on European fridges
France’s foreign minister vowed to punish Tehran over the chaos at European supermarkets after cyberattackers sent refrigerator temperatures soaring, destroying food at hundreds of stores.
While the European Union already lists the IRGC as a terrorist organisation, many countries there, including France, have maintained diplomatic ties with the regime during the Middle East war.
At least some of the refrigerator units affected on Monday of last week used temperature control systems from Danish firm Danfoss, according to Reuters. The same company’s systems were also targeted in the French attack last month, and the company said it was working with customers on fixing the problems.
The attack on the French blood banks on November 2 changed temperatures at three sites, but did not lead to the loss of any donated blood. French security agencies are not naming Iran as being behind these incidents.
“Even if the modus operandi is similar, nothing at this stage allows us to confirm that it is the same attacker,” said Vincent Strubel, the director general of the National Cybersecurity Agency of France.
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