
A note from French intelligence services names the Shahid Kaveh cyber-offensive unit, linked to the Revolutionary Guards, as responsible for the October 11-12 attack.
AI-generated summary
A cyberattack targeted around 700 supermarket refrigerators on the night of October 11-12. A note from French intelligence services on Monday, November 9 attributes the attack to the Shahid Kaveh cyber-offensive unit, placed under the authority of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards. Three Iranians are the subject of international arrest warrants from the Paris prosecutor's office.
The infrastructures used, the relay by press agencies close to power, the “traces of Farsi” left by hackers… behind the vast cyberattack which targeted some 700 supermarket fridges on the night of October 11 to 12, everything points to Iran. This was revealed in a note from the French intelligence services on Monday, November 9, which particularly points to an agency placed under the leadership of the Revolutionary Guards: the Shahid Kaveh cyber-offensive unit. Three Iranians are suspected of being involved and are now the subject of international arrest warrants from the Paris prosecutor's office: Hamid Reza Lashgarian, the leader of the unit, and two commanders, Mahdi Lashgarian and Reza Salarvand.
At the Quai d'Orsay, the response was not long in coming and was intended to be scathing. During a press conference on the sidelines of the G7, Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot denounced a “major” and “unprecedented” attack on the “interests of the nation and...
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
France could request the extradition of the three Iranians targeted by the arrest warrants.
Possible · Within weeks
Diplomatic relations between France and Iran could deteriorate further.
Likely · Within weeks

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