Inside Iran’s cyber-hacking operations: The three men France has linked to fridge attacks
France has identified three Iranian men it links to cyber operations against the country's interests, including attacks that disrupted refrigeration systems at about 700 commercial sites last month. “A terrorist organisation has committed an attack of unprecedented scale and aggression against our country,” French Foreign Minister Jean Noel Barrot said on Tuesday. The government had summoned the…
On October 11-12, French authorities concluded that three Iranian men – Hamid Reza Lashgarian, Mahdi Lashgarian, and Reza Salarvand – were responsible for a cyber attack that disrupted refrigeration systems at around 700 commercial sites. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot expressed outrage, summoning the Iranian ambassador and demanding sanctions.
The attacks forced refrigeration controllers to high temperatures, causing stock losses and at least 15 fires. The French statement links the perpetrators to the Shahid Kaveh cyber-offensive unit within Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). However, Iran has not acknowledged responsibility. The identities of the three men were published in a French report, but details remain unverified.
The three are sanctioned by the US, with a $10 million bounty on Lashgarian. The attack is part of a wider network of IRGC cyber operations targeting various interests, including Israel, the US, France, and other European countries.
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