France Attributes Refrigeration System Attacks to Iran

France has attributed the October 11 and 12 attacks against the refrigeration systems of approximately 700 sites to the Shahid Kaveh unit, which is linked to the cyber center of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The attackers remotely altered temperatures, forcing some supermarkets to discard perishable products and causing fires at several facilities. According to French authorities, the attribution is based on the characteristics of the infrastructure, the signature tools used, Persian-language traces, and the propagandistic amplification of the operation. Meanwhile, CISA, the FBI, and other U.S. agencies warned that exposed or unpatched industrial controllers are being attacked globally and can also be turned into nodes for spam and proxy traffic. The case demonstrates how relatively simple OT devices can cause physical consequences, food losses, and safety risks, while Paris has announced its intention to push for European sanctions against Tehran.

Source: Security Affairs