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France accuses Iran of supermarket fridge hacking

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France has accused Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of being behind cyber-attacks that raised the temperatures of supermarket fridges and freezers across the country last month.

Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said the attack was "unprecedented in both its scale and its level of aggression", adding those who were responsible would be hit with sanctions.

Iran has yet to respond officially, but some Iranian media outlets have dismissed the allegations as baseless.

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