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  "id": 19309643,
  "title": "France vows tough response to freezer cyberattack blamed on Iran",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/france-vows-tough-response-to-freezer-cyberattack-blamed-on-iran-19309643",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-10T08:04:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today-freemalays",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/world/2026/11/10/france-vows-tough-response-to-freezer-cyberattack-blamed-on-iran"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot declared Tuesday that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was responsible for a significant cyberattack on numerous supermarket refrigerators in October. The minister ruled out no possible response to the attack, announcing that Iran's ambassador would be summoned and European-level sanctions would be pursued. Barrot stated, \"I can also tell you that we rule nothing out and will take all measures – including those we may not disclose publicly – that we deem proportionate and necessary to deter any further attacks.\" The primary objective, according to Barrot, is to deter any potential threat of future attacks from Iran or other sources. He described the October 11-12 cyberattacks as \"unprecedented in both scale and level of aggression,\" causing hundreds of French supermarkets to overheat and discard large quantities of perishable food. Subsequent incidents in other European countries prompted Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau to open an investigation into Shahid Kaveh, an obscure cyber unit of the IRGC, on November 2. The prosecutor's office has called for the issuance of international arrest warrants for two Shahid Kaveh officials.",
  "summary": "Foreign minister Jean-Noel Barrot said Iran's ambassador would be summoned and European-level sanctions would be sought.",
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        "outlet": "Arutz Sheva - Israel National News",
        "title": "France accuses Iran of cyberattack on supermarket refrigerators",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/france-accuses-iran-of-cyberattack-on-supermarket-refrigerators",
        "published": "2026-11-09T17:51:25.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "France blames Iran for cyberattack on supermarket fridges",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/france-blames-iran-for-cyberattack-on-supermarket-fridges",
        "published": "2026-11-09T22:33:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "SecurityWeek",
        "title": "France Blames Iran for a Cyberattack That Heated Supermarket Refrigerators",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/france-blames-iran-for-a-cyberattack-that-heated-supermarket",
        "published": "2026-11-10T07:35:05.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Local France",
        "title": "France vows tough response to freezer cyberattack blamed on Iran",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/france-vows-tough-response-to-freezer-cyberattack-blamed-on-iran",
        "published": "2026-11-10T08:07:07.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Le Monde English",
        "title": "France vows tough response to freezer cyberattack blamed on Iran",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/france-vows-tough-response-to-freezer-cyberattack-blamed-on-iran-19309560",
        "published": "2026-11-10T08:14:09.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CNBC World",
        "title": "France blames Iran for supermarket refrigerator cyberattacks, weighs sanctions",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/france-blames-iran-for-supermarket-refrigerator-cyberattacks-weighs",
        "published": "2026-11-10T09:34:24.000Z"
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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."
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