In the first attribution since the October attacks, the French authorities identified the perpetrators as part of Shahid Kaveh, an IRGC cyber unit previously linked to attacks on industrial controllers at U.S. water utilities.
France blames Iran for fridge cyberattacks, says some caused fires
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