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France blames Iran for supermarket fridge cyberattack

Headline via The Independent · first report 9 Nov, 22:03 IST, latest 10 Nov, 09:01 IST

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What we know

23 independent news organisations have reported this story. The first report we saw came from Al Jazeera at 9 Nov, 22:03 IST; the latest is from The Hindu at 10 Nov, 09:01 IST. Rational Times has not independently confirmed the details: read each report through the links below.

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Reported by23 news organisations
First report9 Nov, 22:03 IST
Latest report10 Nov, 09:01 IST
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What the reports sayEach newsroom’s own summary of its report, from its feed

The recent cyberattack on supermarkets in France was organized by Iran's Revolutionary Guards, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot has said, describing the hacking as "unprecedented."
French officials suspect ⁠that Iranian state-backed hackers were behind the ⁠cyberattacks that knocked out commercial refrigerators and freezers across ⁠France last month, two people familiar with the matter said on Monday. That would make the hacks among the…
French foreign minister vows European sanctions against Tehran over ‘unprecedented’ hacks last monthEurope live – latest updatesFrance has said Iran’s Revolutionary Guards were behind “unprecedented” cyber-attacks on supermarket fridges in the country last…
The cyber-attack last month saw fridges and freezers in hundreds of supermarkets across France heated up.
France has accused Iran of being behind the massive cyberattack on supermarket fridges last month.
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."

Quoted from the newsrooms’ own feeds, with their names and links. Rational Times has not independently confirmed the details.

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