Hackers remotely turned supermarket freezers into 'ovens': France blames an Iranian Revolutionary Guard cyber unit for sabotage at 700+ stores ↗
Most cyberattacks steal data or demand ransom; this one physically wrecked equipment. On November 9, France's Foreign Ministry said hackers broke into refrigeration controls at more than 700 retail sites on the night of October 11-12, driving some freezers from about -27C to above 50C, causing at least 15 fires and tens of millions of euros in spoiled food. Paris blamed Shahid Kaveh, a cyber unit affiliated with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, called it the first purely destructive offensive cyber campaign on French soil, and said it would summon Iran's ambassador and seek E.U. sanctions. This is an official French attribution, not an independent verdict.