France accuses Iran of supermarket fridge hacking
France has accused Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of orchestrating cyber-attacks that caused supermarket refrigeration systems to fail, spoiling food across Europe. The French government is planning to implement sanctions in response to the unprecedented aggression.
Why it matters
This represents a significant escalation in state-sponsored cyber warfare, moving from data theft to the physical destruction of critical infrastructure and food supplies.
Published 9 November 2026, 16:28 GMT Updated 3 minutes ago France has accused Iran of being behind cyber-attacks that affected supermarket fridges and freezers.
Speaking at a news conference, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said the attack was carried out by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran.
He said the attack was "unprecedented in both its scale and its level of aggression", adding that the country would "implement sanctions at the European level against all those responsible for this attack."
The cyber-attack last month saw fridges and freezers in hundreds of supermarkets across France heated up, which spoilt fresh and frozen food estimated to be worth millions of euros.
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