France accuses Iran of supermarket freezer hacking, slams 'the first cyber offensive campaign carried out purely for the purpose of sabotage on national territory'
France calls attack 'an unprecedented campaign in terms of its scale and level of aggressiveness'
by https://www.techradar.com/author/mike-moore · TechRadarNews By Mike Moore Published 10 November 2026
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- France blames Iran for recent cyberattacks against supermarket freezers
- October 2026 attack saw food ruined and multiple fires across France
- Iran denies involvement, but France orders its ambassador to Paris to explain
The French government has accused Iran of being behind the recent cyberattacks which hit freezers in supermarkets across Europe.
More than 700 grocery stores were affected by the attack in October 2026, spoiling food and even causing fires as fridges and freezers saw their temperatures hiked up to over 50C.
France has now laid the blame for the attack at the Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), saying the incident was "unprecedented in both its scale and its level of aggression".
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“This is an unprecedented campaign in terms of its scale and level of aggressiveness, thus constituting the first cyber offensive campaign carried out purely for the purpose of sabotage on national territory,” France’s Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noël Barrot said.
He added that the incident, "marks the first large-scale cyber-attack aimed at sabotage on our national territory, and it constitutes a major attack on the nation's interests and the security of the French people".
The attacks affected French supermarket chains Casino, Leclerc, Coopérative U, Metro, Carrefour, and Intermarché groups, with food losses estimated in the tens of millions of euros, a report by France’s Cyber Crisis Coordination Centre (C4) found.
The attacks were followed by a second incident a few days later, with supermarkets in other European countries hit, before a third attack saw French blood plasma reserves targeted.
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