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France is seeking EU sanctions over the suspected Iranian attack on refrigeration controllers at about 700 supermarkets, adding a diplomatic response to the October 11–12 campaign.
The attackers set defrost cycles to run without time limits and disabled temperature-probe alarms. Refrigerators could keep heating without warning; French authorities linked the campaign to fires and food losses estimated at tens of millions of euros.
The sanctions push changes the diplomatic picture, not the operational one. If retailers rely on these controllers, restored settings alone do not establish that equipment or safety monitoring remained sound after the reported damage; current reporting does not say which sites verified either.
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Part of the PlainSec briefing for 2026-11-11