Claims extracted
25
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
28%
7 of 25 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
59/100
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Outlets on this story
32
Politics
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
France has accused Iran of using a specialist cyber unit to launch virtual attacks on its supermarkets, causing fridges to turn up their heat dials across the country.
asserted
fridges → accuse → country
Commercial fridges and freezers lost power across France last month in incidents costing tens of millions of euros, according to some industry experts.
Approximately 700 supermarkets were impacted and 15 fires broke out as heat dials were turned up by hackers.
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dials → lose → hackers
French foreign minister Jean-Noel Barrot said he had summoned Iran’s ambassador over what he called “unacceptable cyberattacks conducted by the Islamic Republic of Iran”.
asserted
he → say → Iran
“This is an attack of unprecedented scale and aggressiveness,” Mr Barrot said.
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Barrot → say → scale
“It is the first large-scale cyber attack aimed at sabotage on French soil, and it represents a major threat to our national interests and the security of the French people.
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it → aim → people
That is why it will not go unanswered.”
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it → go → ?
The group are described as a “cyber unit” affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
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group → describe → Corps
Shahid Kaveh loosely translates as shahid meaning martyr, and Kaveh is thought to be named after a revolutionary guard commander who died in the 1980s.
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who → translate → 1980s
The group of hackers are believed to be working with the Iranian government and military.
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group → believe → government
French investigators have narrowed down three individuals who they believe are responsible, including the head of the IRGC-ECC (the Electronic and Cyber Center of the IRGC) Hamid Reza Lashgarian, according to Le Monde.
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they → narrow → Monde
Two others within the unit have also been named including Reza Salarvand, 35, a computer science graduate from a Tehran university and Mahdi Lashgarian, 37.
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others → name → university
The Paris prosecutor’s office has requested an international arrest warrant for the trio.
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office → request → trio
According to Le Monde, the group was originally known under the name CyberAveng3rs.
uncertain
group → accord → name
How did they carry out the hack?
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they → carry → hack
It is unclear how exactly the hackers were able to infiltrate supermarket freezers remotely and inflict damage across various locations simultaneously.
uncertain
hackers → infiltrate → locations
Some supermarket refrigeration units use software to regulate temperatures across multiple locations.
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units → use → locations
Hackers are thought to have broken into this software to turn up the heat in the units, causing havoc across the country.
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Hackers → think → country
Several specialist cybercrime and security units were devoted to the task of pinning down the culprits in France.
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units → devote → France
The teams were able to pick up traces of Persian in code and identify IP addresses that led them back to Shahid Kaveh.
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that → pick → Kaveh
What else have they been blamed for?
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they → blame → What
According to a 2020 Sky News investigation, the group initially sought to disrupt satellite systems and inflict damage on merchant ships.
uncertain
group → accord → ships
France appeared to be of the greatest interest to the hackers, according to Le Monde.
uncertain
France → appear → Monde
The group carried out cyber-attacks on the power grid in Israel after the October 7 attacks by Hamas and in the US in November 2023 against a municipal water authority, according to cybersecurity firm Dragos.
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group → carry → Dragos
In the attack on water management in the US, the hackers used their tools to display a message of support for Gaza.
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hackers → use → Gaza
Le Monde said that their main purpose was to share propaganda and they were not considered a major player until recently.
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they → say → propaganda
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