France accuses Iran Guards of nationwide fridge cyberattack

France attributed overnight cyberattacks on October 11–12 that disrupted refrigeration systems at hundreds of supermarkets to Shahid Kaveh, a cyber unit affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The attacks remotely altered temperatures, spoiling food and reportedly causing fires and equipment damage, with losses estimated in the millions of euros. French prosecutors have opened a judicial investigation and requested international arrest warrants for the unit’s leader and two deputies; the requests do not mean warrants have been issued. Paris has summoned Iran’s ambassador and says it will pursue European-level sanctions, while Tehran has not immediately commented. Similar refrigeration attacks have been reported elsewhere in Europe, and French authorities have also faced a separate attempted attack on blood banks.