France on Monday said Iran hacked into hundreds of grocery store refrigeration systems across the country, marking a severe disruption to the food chain. French officials vowed retaliatory sanctions and launched an investigation after accusing Iranian hackers of changing temperature settings remotely on refrigerators across 700 sites. The development marks the “first large-scale cyberattack aimed […]
France on Monday said Iran hacked into hundreds of grocery store refrigeration systems across the country, marking a severe disruption to the food chain.
French officials vowed retaliatory sanctions and launched an investigation after accusing Iranian hackers of changing temperature settings remotely on refrigerators across 700 sites. The development marks the “first large-scale cyberattack aimed at sabotage on our national territory,” officials said, and mirrors incidents reported by around seven other European countries, including Belgium, Italy, Sweden, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Estonia and Finland.
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