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France has accused Iran of being behind cyber attacks that affected supermarket refrigerators and freezers.
In a press conference this Monday (9/11), French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot stated that the attack was carried out by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
He described the attack as "unprecedented, both in its scale and its level of aggressiveness", adding that the country "will implement sanctions, at the European level, against all those responsible for this attack".
The cyber attack, which occurred last month, caused refrigerators and freezers in hundreds of supermarkets across France to increase in temperature, resulting in the loss of fresh and frozen food, with an estimated loss of millions of euros.
Last week, dozens of supermarkets in seven other European countries were also affected by a cyber attack that targeted refrigerators and freezers. It is not known whether the episodes are related.
Iran has not yet responded to Barrot's allegations.
At the same time, the Paris prosecutor's office reported that an investigation had been opened against the head of an offensive cyber unit linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
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