French officials suspect that Iranian state-backed hackers were behind the cyberattacks that knocked out commercial refrigerators and freezers across France last month, Reuters reports, citing two people familiar with the matter.
This would make the hacks among the most disruptive cyberattacks of the Middle East war, which began in February, which include disruptions to the Los Angeles transit system in March, to US water treatment plants in July and to ships bound for the United States in August.
The French foreign ministry and the Paris prosecutor’s office have not immediately responded to requests for comment. Iran’s mission to the United Nations has not returned messages seeking comment.
Iran routinely denies carrying out malicious cyber operations.
