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Iran rejects France's 'baseless accusations' on fridge cyberattacks

Tehran instead blames the French government for the cyber incidents that affected hundreds of fridges in October.

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00:02Iran rejected French accusations that it was responsible for last month cyber attacks and supermarket fridges as baseless.
00:10The ministry added in a statement that it strongly condemned this hackneyed policy of leveling accusations against the Islamic Republic.
00:17French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barraud said Tuesday Paris would take measures to deter any further attacks.
00:23Je suis en mesure de confirmer que la responsabilité de cette attaque revient au corps des gardiens de la révolution
00:30de la République islamique d'Iran.
00:32C'est une attaque d'une ampleur inédite et d'une agressivité inédite.
00:38C'est la première cyberattaque à grande échelle à des fins de sabotage sur le territoire national.
00:44Hundreds of supermarkets across France were hit a month ago by cyberattacks.
00:49Temperatures of bridges and freezers were turned up wasting food.
00:52Similar incidents were reported in 11 other European countries in early November.
00:57Meanwhile, Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Arakshi blamed the French government for the incident.
01:03Unable to manage fridges, let alone addressing grievances of its people,
01:07French government is shifting blame for its failures unto others, the top diplomat said on X.

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