France blames Iran for mass-hacks targeting freezers in grocery stores and blood banks
The French government has formally blamed Iran for launching cyberattacks that targeted thousands of internet-connected industrial refrigerated and freezer units across the country and broader Europe.
This is the latest in a string of destructive cyberattacks attributed to Iran this year, following a spate of hacks targeting U.S. water providers and other online intrusions that caused mass-disruption to U.S. medical device maker giant Stryker and others.
The U.S. government linked the attacks to pro-Iranian hacktivists who are working for Tehran, likely in response to the U.S.-Israel-led war against Iran which killed its supreme leader in February.
Two recent waves of cyberattacks throughout October and into Novembersaw hackers remotely break into web-based controllers that manage fleets of industrial cold and chilling units at grocery stores and retail supermarkets, and raise the temperatures to spoil food and destroy goods. Medical blood banks were also hacked but the attacks were stopped before...
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