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

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France's Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot says the Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corp is behind the "unprecedented" cyber attacks on supermarket fridges as he vows to press for Europe-wide sanctions.

<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 cyber-attack last month saw fridges and freezers in hundreds of supermarkets across France heated up.

The recent cyberattack on refrigerators and freezers in supermarkets in France was organized by Iran's Revolutionary Guards, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot has said, describing the hacking as "unprecedented."

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". Investigators are looking into crimes that endangered the population and involved a foreign state and a criminal gang, the Paris Judicial Tribunal said in a statement.

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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No similar attacks have been reported in Singapore, but firms are urged to keep remote management interfaces off the public internet and strengthen access controls.

Experts see Moscow as one of the main suspects behind the cyberattacks, but national authorities have yet to point to a specific culprit.

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French blood banks were hit by cybersecurity attacks on Monday, with hackers cranking up temperatures in refrigerators storing blood.

The incident appears to be connected to a recent wave of cyberattacks on supermarket refrigerators across Europe.

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Experts say outdated technology and weak passwords are to blame.

Nobody knows who hacked Europe's supermarkets. But many are looking to Moscow.

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

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PARIS (FRANCE) - Cyberattacks affecting supermarket refrigeration systems in several European countries on Monday highlighted the risks associated with connecting industrial equipment to the internet.

A suspected cyberattack targeted supermarket freezer systems across at least eight European countries, causing food spoilage and disrupting grocery operations.

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<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.

Grocery chains in European nations say temperatures in some stores' fridges and freezers soared over 100 degrees just weeks after a similar incident in France.

Temperature increases have been reported in dozens of store cooling systems , weeks after a similar attack in France.

The incidents caused temperature spikes and spoiled food at stores in Sweden, the Netherlands, Belgium, Ireland, Luxembourg and Estonia. It follows a similar cyberattack in France last month.

From fridges and heating systems to security cameras and alarms, a range of devices once largely mechanical can now be monitored and controlled remotely, creating opportunities for cybercriminals.

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

Incident follows a similar cyberattack last month on hundreds of fridges in French supermarkets

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

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