What the hack? Europeans face growing psyops and cyberattacks
So this time, it's Iran, not Russia? France - reportedly acting on US intelligence - summoning Tehran’s ambassador over last month’s hacking of hundreds of supermarket refrigerators that overheated, 15 of which even caught fire. Why now at a time when Iran’s trying to break its international isolation?
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So this time, it's Iran, not Russia? France - reportedly acting on US intelligence - summoning Tehran’s ambassador over last month’s hacking of hundreds of supermarket refrigerators that overheated, 15 of which even caught fire. Why now at a time when Iran’s trying to break its international isolation?
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- 48 words · 1 min read
- Published
- November 10, 2026
- Byline
- François PICARD
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- France 24 French