“I can confirm that this attack was carried out by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard,” Barrot said on Monday, according to AFP.
The Paris prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation into a group linked to the Revolutionary Guard’s cyber unit, prosecutor Laure Beccuau said in a statement, according to French broadcaster BFMTV.
The attack, which took place in mid-October, affected several major chains and involved hundreds of stores. One of them was Intermarché, which includes Netto stores.
The hackers gained control of the systems that regulate the temperature in refrigerators and freezers. One company that supplied many of the hacked units said that many stores had not updated their systems, which may have made them easier to manipulate.
According to an estimate by one of the owners of the chains, the total cost of the food that had to be thrown away and the destroyed units could amount to several hundred million kronor.
Last week, refrigeration and freezing facilities in several other European countries, including Sweden, were hit by a similar attack. Two pro-Russian hacker groups have claimed responsibility.
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