French officials suspect Iran is behind fridge cyberattacks, sources say

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French officials suspect Iranian state-backed hackers were responsible for attacks that disabled commercial refrigerators and freezers across France. The incidents are described as among the more disruptive cyber events associated with the war with Iran, though the allegations remain under investigation.

French officials suspect ⁠that Iranian state-backed hackers were behind the ⁠cyberattacks that knocked out commercial refrigerators and freezers across ⁠France last month, two people familiar with the matter said on Monday. That would make the hacks among the most disruptive cyberattacks of the war with Iran that began in February, a conflict that has been marked by scattered incidents of alleged cyber disruption. These have included disruptions to the Los Angeles transit system in March, to US...