Iran's Revolutionary Guards behind cyberattacks on supermarket fridges, says French FM

France's foreign minister has accused Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps of being involved in "unprecedented" cyberattacks targeting supermarket fridges last month, vowing to hit Tehran with sanctions in response.

"I can confirm that this attack was carried out by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of the Islamic Republic of Iran," Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said of the cyberattacks on French supermarkets that occurred October 11 and 12.

"This attack is unprecedented in both its scale and its level of aggression," he said, adding, "we will implement sanctions at the European level against all those responsible for this attack."

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The Paris prosecutor's office said it had requested international arrest warrants against the leader of Shahid Kaveh, an offensive cyber unit affiliated with the Revolutionary Guards.

"A judicial investigation has been opened against the head of the Iranian group Shahid Kaveh, an offensive cyber unit affiliated with the Electronic and Cyber Centre of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC-CEC), against his two deputies, and against any other individuals who may be identified," Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said in a statement.

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