As France Blames Iran, the Fridge-Hacking Spree Is a Digital Defense Wake-Up Call

Escalating hacks affecting blood labs and grocery stores show the very real risks to critical infrastructure that come from basic security lapses involving internet-connected devices.

On Monday, November 9, France’s foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot accused Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps of being responsible for the attacks on French targets in October.

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