{
  "id": 19321603,
  "title": "Inside Iran’s cyber-hacking operations: The three men France has linked to fridge attacks",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/inside-irans-cyber-hacking-operations-the-three-men-france-has-linked",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-10T10:25:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The National Business",
    "slug": "the-national-business",
    "url": "https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/europe/2026/11/10/inside-irans-cyber-hacking-operations-the-three-men-france-has-linked-to-fridge-attacks/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Three Iranian men have been identified by French officials as responsible for cyber attacks on French interests, including the disruption of refrigeration systems at over 700 commercial sites. French Foreign Minister Jean Noel Barrot accused the attacks of being an unprecedented act of aggression and called for European sanctions against those responsible. The three men are Hamid Reza Lashgarian, Mahdi Lashgarian, and Reza Salarvand, who are linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Cyber-Electronic Command and its Shahid Kaveh unit. The unit has been accused of carrying out large-scale cyber campaigns against industrial equipment, targeting both Israeli and US interests, as well as France and other European countries. While little biographical information has been independently confirmed about the men, their names and photographs were published in a French report detailing the cyber operations.",
  "summary": "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…",
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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."
}