French authorities have officially accused Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) of orchestrating a disruptive cyberattack that targeted hundreds of commercial refrigerators and freezers across the country last October. By tampering with temperature controls, the hackers caused widespread spoilage of food stocks and even triggered fires in some units, leading to estimated damages reaching tens of millions of euros. In response to the breach, the French Foreign Ministry has summoned the Iranian ambassador, with officials signaling that further European Union sanctions could be on the table as a consequence for the digital aggression.

Intelligence agencies in France have pointed to a specific IRGC-linked offensive unit known as "Shahid Kaveh," which reportedly operated under the guise of various vigilante hacker groups to mask its activities. Evidence, including Farsi-language traces and consistent digital fingerprints, linked the unit to the sabotage of 700 French locations, including supermarkets, butcher shops, and even essential cold storage facilities for blood banks. This development follows a similar pattern of suspicious malfunctions at US military commissaries earlier this year, raising international alarm over a coordinated campaign of infrastructure sabotage that exploits outdated or vulnerable firmware to wreak havoc on civilian and military supply chains alike.