France blames Iran for supermarket fridge attacks. What’s known, what remains unclear, and how to secure exposed controllers. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps was behind the attacks on supermarket fridges in France on 11 and 12 October.
France Blames Iran for the Supermarket Fridge Attacks
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