{
  "id": 19385801,
  "title": "France is ‘shifting blame’ for cyberattack on supermarket fridges, Iran says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/france-is-shifting-blame-for-cyberattack-on-supermarket-fridges-iran",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-10T19:51:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Middle East Eye",
    "slug": "middle-east-eye",
    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/france-shifting-blame-cyberattack-supermarket-fridges-iran-says"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Iran's foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, has accused France of \"shifting blame\" for a cyberattack on supermarket refrigerators that occurred earlier in October. Araghchi stated on X that France is attempting to pin the responsibility of their failures onto a cyber unit linked to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) for hacking the supermarket fridges. He expressed his dissatisfaction with France's inability to handle even basic tasks like managing supermarket fridges, while simultaneously ignoring the grievances of their own citizens. Araghchi emphasized that unlike France, Iran does not use its power through activities such as supporting massacres in Gaza or bombing schools and hospitals.",
  "summary": "France is ‘shifting blame’ for cyberattack on supermarket fridges, Iran says Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said France is “shifting blame for its failures” by accusing a cyber unit affiliated with the IRGC of hacking supermarket fridges earlier in October. “Unable to manage fridges let alone addressing grievances of its people, French government is shifting blame for its failures onto…",
  "key_points": [
    "Iran's foreign minister accuses France of shifting blame for cyberattack on supermarket fridges.",
    "France attempting to pin responsibility on cyber unit linked to Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps.",
    "Iran dissatisfied with France's inability to handle basic tasks like managing supermarket fridges."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}