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France’s foreign minister vowed to punish Tehran over the chaos at European supermarkets after cyberattackers sent refrigerator temperatures soaring, destroying food at hundreds of stores.

France’s foreign minister vowed to punish Tehran over the chaos at European supermarkets after cyberattackers sent refrigerator temperatures soaring, destroying food at hundreds of stores.

France on Monday blamed Iran for last month's cyberattack on supermarket fridges and summoned the Iranian ambassador, the French Foreign Ministry said.

France’s foreign minister accused Iran of orchestrating the attack on 700 supermarkets.

France has accused Iran of being behind the massive cyber attack on supermarket fridges last month.

France has accused Iran of being behind the massive cyberattack on supermarket fridges last month.

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_3300,w_6000/713250' alt='Iranian hackers, illustration. (photo credit: SHUTTERSTOCK)' title='Iranian hackers, illustration. (photo credit: SHUTTERSTOCK)' /><br />French officials suspect Iranian hackers disrupted refrigeration systems at hundreds of b

The French government says 700 food distribution sites were impacted.

Paris says a cyber unit linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guard was behind hack, which hit more than 1,000 stores.

France's foreign minister has blamed Iran for Europe-wide attacks on fridges and electronics that caused widespread disruption and panic last month, warning that "there will be consequences". French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot called the sabotage attack “unprecedented in both its scale and its level of aggression”. "It marks the first large-scale cyber

Cyberattacks on fridges in supermarkets and a wave of bomb threats are testing Europe’s ability to withstand disruption to crucial infrastructure.

<p>As AI exposes flaws in IT systems and geopolitics plays out on the cyber frontline, some experts say the events of recent weeks could soon be a common occurrence</p><p>Alex Pearce was doing the morning rounds at his fruit and vegetable wholesale business in London on Monday last week when he noticed something odd.</p><p>The defrost light on refrigeration

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How did equipment used to keep food cold become a target for hackers - and what do we know about how they got in?

Experts say outdated technology and weak passwords are to blame.

European supermarkets have become the center of another cyberattack, with hackers remotely heating fridges and spoiling food.

NPR investigated cyberattacks on the digital devices that control industrial refrigerators, revealing the extent to which operational technology is exposed to damage and disruption.

Grocery store chains across Europe are scrambling to re-stock shelves after a cyberattack left massive amounts of food spoiled. CBS news international reporter Inaya Folarin Iman has more.

<p>After a second apparent cyber-attack in weeks, we examine possible culprits and their motives</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/02/supermarket-freezers-across-europe-hit-by-second-suspected-cyber-attack">Shop fridges and freezers across Europe hit by fresh suspected cyber-attack</a></p></li></ul><p>Supermarket fridges and f

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_683,w_1024/744595' alt='A handful of Swedish supermarkets saw temperatures in their refrigerators and freezers soar early November 2, 2026, two chains said, forcing them to throw away spoiled food three weeks after a similar incident in France attribu

Multiple supermarket chains have reported an IT incident that spiked fridge and freezer temperatures overnight, with one company claiming it was a cyberattack.

Dozens of store refrigerators across five countries saw their temperature raised remotely, following similar attacks that hit France last month.

<p>Chains in seven countries say cooling unit temperatures rose overnight in incident similar to hack of French shops</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/nov/02/europe-supermarket-fridges-freezers-who-hacking-why">Who is hacking Europe’s supermarket fridges and freezers, and why?</a></p></li></ul><p>Supermarket chains in at lea

Hackers are breaking into more than computers. They are taking control of the physical machines that have underpinned our lives for decades.