Cyber sabotage ruins food and sparks fires across French stores
Daily Cyber News: Cyber sabotage ruins food and sparks fires across French stores
Food was destroyed and at least 15 fires were reported after attackers remotely altered refrigeration systems at around 700 French grocery stores. Temperatures reached 50 Celsius for about six hours, forcing businesses to discard fresh and frozen goods. French authorities attributed the October 12th sabotage to Shahid Kaveh, a cyber unit affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Key context: This incident turned access to industrial controls into physical, financial and food-safety consequences.
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