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Last month, there was an incident in France where large supermarket refrigeration systems were hacked, causing temperatures to rise to 50°C. While authorities had been unable to determine who was responsible or why, French investigative authorities have now pointed the finger at the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran.
Reporting from Paris, here is correspondent Kwon Yeongin.
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In mid-last month, supermarket refrigeration facilities in France were hacked, causing refrigerator temperatures to soar up to 50°C (122°F).
More than 700 supermarkets suffered damage, with losses amounting to billions of won.
While Russia and other actors were initially mentioned as potential masterminds behind the attack, no concrete evidence had emerged.
After nearly a month of investigation, French authorities identified the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps as the culprit on the 9th, local time.
French authorities stated that they have confirmed the responsibility of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps for this attack, describing it as an unprecedented scale of aggression.
Along with this, they summoned the Iranian Ambassador to France to lodge a formal protest and announced plans to push for European-level sanctions against all individuals responsible.
[Jean-Noël Barrot / French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs : We have summoned the Iranian ambassador to France to lodge our strong protest against this extremely serious act. This is a minimum measure. And we will impose sanctions.]
In particular, French authorities reportedly pinpointed the perpetrator as Shahid Kaveh, an organization under the umbrella of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, and have even identified the real names and aliases of the organization’s leadership.
The Paris Prosecutor’s Office stated that it has launched an investigation into the organization and is also requesting international arrest warrants.
In response, Iranian entities, including Iran’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations, have reportedly not yet released any specific official stance.
French authorities have not yet made public comments regarding who is behind another wave of supermarket refrigeration facility hacks that occurred across a dozen European countries this month, nor regarding the hacking of the French Blood Establishment.
However, local media report that French authorities harbor no doubt that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps is behind at least the hacking of the blood bank’s refrigeration facilities.
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