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France is ‘shifting blame’ for cyberattack on supermarket fridges, Iran says

France is ‘shifting blame’ for cyberattack on supermarket fridges, Iran says Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said France is “shifting blame for its failures” by accusing a cyber unit affiliated with the IRGC of hacking supermarket fridges earlier in October. “Unable to manage fridges let alone addressing grievances of its people, French government is shifting blame for its failures onto others," Araghchi said in a post on X. “Yes, Iran is powerful. But unlike France, we do not exercise…

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France supermarket hack marks new phase in Iran's shadow war

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