French prosecutors have requested international arrest warrants for members of an Iranian cyber unit over an Oct. 11-12 attack on supermarket refrigeration controls that the government says targeted more than 700 sites.
The French Foreign Ministry attributed the operation to Shahid Kaveh, an offensive cyber unit affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Electronic and Cyber Center. The government described the attack as sabotage.
The French government said the warrant request concerns several Shahid Kaveh members. Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said the inquiry covers the unit’s leader, two deputies and other people who may be identified.
The ministry estimated food losses at several tens of millions of euros. AFP reported that warmer refrigerators led some supermarkets to discard perishable food, with some stores losing their entire inventories.
France said it would propose new sanctions to its European partners, but gave no timetable. The legal request follows France’s earlier accusation against the IRGC.
France’s cybersecurity agency ANSSI has cited earlier Iran-linked cyber activity against French interests, including incidents involving Charlie Hebdo in 2023 and a video-display company in 2024.
