{
  "id": 19213797,
  "title": "France says Iran behind 'unprecedented' cyberattacks",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/france-says-iran-behind-unprecedented-cyberattacks",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-09T20:41:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RTE News",
    "slug": "rte-news",
    "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/1109/1598600-france-iran-cyberattacks/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "French officials have accused Iran's Revolutionary Guards of conducting unprecedented cyberattacks on supermarket refrigeration systems last month. The October 11th and 12th attacks affected over 700 French supermarkets, causing refrigerators to malfunction and forcing stores to discard large quantities of perishable food. Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot confirmed the attacks were carried out by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and vowed European sanctions against Iran for the \"unprecedented\" and \"aggressive\" incident. The Paris prosecutor opened an investigation into Shahid Kaveh, an alleged cyber unit of the IRGC, also known as CyberAveng3rs. Similar attacks have reportedly occurred in at least nine other European countries. European officials have expressed concern over the risk of cyberattacks amid tensions with Russia and ongoing support for Ukraine. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio described the IRGC as a \"deranged group of revolutionaries\" during the G7 foreign ministers' meeting in Paris.",
  "summary": "France has said Iran's Revolutionary Guards were behind cyberattacks on supermarket fridges in the country last month.",
  "key_points": [
    "French officials blame Iran's Revolutionary Guards for supermarket cyberattacks.",
    "Attacks on October 11th and 12th affected over 700 French supermarkets.",
    "European sanctions and investigation launched against alleged IRGC cyber unit."
  ],
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  "illustration": null,
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "French officials accuse Iran of being behind fridge cyberattacks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/french-officials-accuse-iran-of-being-behind-fridge-cyberattacks",
        "published": "2026-11-09T16:42:10.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Sky News",
        "title": "France accuses Iran of being behind massive cyber attack on supermarket fridges",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/france-accuses-iran-of-being-behind-massive-cyber-attack-on",
        "published": "2026-11-09T17:04:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "French officials say Iran's Revolutionary Guards were behind the cyberattacks that knocked out commercial refrigerators and freezers across France in October (Reuters)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/french-officials-say-irans-revolutionary-guards-were-behind-the",
        "published": "2026-11-09T17:05:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "France says Iran behind costly grocery store refrigeration hacks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/france-says-iran-behind-costly-grocery-store-refrigeration-hacks",
        "published": "2026-11-09T17:15:29.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Guardian Technology",
        "title": "Cyber-attack on French supermarket freezers has geopolitical context",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/cyber-attack-on-french-supermarket-freezers-has-geopolitical-context",
        "published": "2026-11-09T19:40:45.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}